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Riz Ahmed

The Phoenician Scheme

By Kent Hill | June 2025

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who like The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and those who don’t….

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There are two kinds of people in this world: those who like The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and those who don't. It is this reviewer’s humble opinion...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Director Christos Nikou's Fingernails is set in an alternate reality where, at the mere cost of having...

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LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Director and co-writer Yann Demange's Dammi is a short film that presents a dramatized yet intensely personal...

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Condemning racism has been a common theme in world media the last couple of years, especially after the Black Lives Matter movement. But director/co-writer...

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NEW TO THEATERS! A man rescues his children from a global parasitic alien invasion in director Michael Pearce's Encounter. However, co-writers Pearce and...

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NEW TO THEATERS! When it comes to immigration, most filmmakers try to show the world how difficult it is to leave your country behind, start fresh and...

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AFI FEST 2020 REVIEW! Riz Ahmed's tragic turn in Dan Gilroy's 2014 masterpiece Nightcrawler turned me into a fan. However, since then, Ahmed has been...

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I don’t think many people are going to be shocked to hear that Venom isn’t a good movie. Since its announcement, people have been writing it off as a...

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I love Westerns in all their forms, so when I saw that the Toronto International Film Festival was showing a Jacques Audiard (A Prophet) directed Western...

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