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Filmmaker Babak Jalali on bringing romance and comedy into the refugee film genre

In this edition of arts24, we focus on one of the year's most buzzed-about movies on the festival circuit. A different spin on a refugee story, warm and offbeat, "Fremont" tells the story of a young Afghan woman building a new life in California. British-Iranian filmmaker Babak Jalali speaks to…

France 24

Film show: 'Love Actually' turns 20

Embraced as a modern holiday classic after its release in 2003, British romantic comedy “Love Actually” has since been chided for its lineup of all-heterosexual couples and sexist storylines. FRANCE 24 critic Lisa Nesselson makes an argument for the film's enduring magic, in part thanks to its incredible cast. But…

France 24

Fremont review – utterly delightful Jarmuschian drama

An Afghan translator who has escaped the Taliban for a California bedsit searches for connection in Babak Jalali’s black-and-white charmer

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Fremont movie review: surprising refugee comedy drama is a thing of wonder

Babak Jalali’s new indie film features The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White and an incredibly natural turn from newcomer Anaita Wali Zada

Evening Standard

Fremont review – fortune cookie writer looking for love in deadpan migrant drama

Hints of early Jim Jarmusch in Babak Jalali’s dreamy fourth feature, with fine supporting turns from The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White and Gregg Turkington

The Guardian - UK

The Cine Files: everything you need to see at the cinema in September

From K-Bran twiddling Poirot’s whiskers at Michelle Yeoh in A Haunting in Venice to John David Washington battling to save humanity in Disney’s much anticipated The Creator, we round up the 13 best films to see in September

Evening Standard

Sundance 2023: Fiction Films of Note

In the third of a four-part survey, our film critic CJ Sheu reviews four more narrative films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

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