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Trump movie The Apprentice: ‘I don’t think it is a movie he would dislike,’ says director

Ali Abbasi spoke at Cannes about his controversial new film, which the Trump campaign has said ‘belongs in a dumpster fire’

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump's campaign team threatens to sue filmmakers over 'The Apprentice' biopic

‘This garbage is pure fiction’, said Trump’s campaign after scenes cast the presidential candidate in an unpleasant light

Evening Standard

Trump Campaign Threatens Legal Action Over 'The Apprentice' Film

Trump campaign criticizes 'The Apprentice' film as 'pure fiction,' threatening legal action. Director Ali Abbasi emphasizes addressing fascism through cinema.

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The Apprentice review roundup: What critics are saying about docudrama on Donald Trump’s early years

Origin story of former US president premiered at Cannes Film Festival on Monday

The Independent UK

Trump campaign threatens to sue over portrayal in biopic ‘The Apprentice’

Film portrays former president’s rise as real estate tycoon

The Independent UK

The Apprentice: Trump campaign threatens legal action over biopic that depicts him as a rapist

Campaign spokesperson called Ali Abbasi’s film, which premiered at Cannes on Monday, ‘pure fiction which sensationalises lies that have been long debunked’

The Guardian - AU

The Apprentice review: Sebastian Stan shines in drama about how Donald Trump went from wannabe to mogul

This origin story does an excellent job of showing the rise and rise of Donald Trump

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'The Apprentice,' about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes

While Donald Trump’s hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, unveiling a scathing portrait of Trump in the 1980s

The Independent UK

Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice depicts him as a rapist

Ali Abbasi’s film, starring Sebastian Stan, presents a fictionalised account of an incident recorded in Ivana Trump’s 1990 divorce deposition, and since retracted

The Guardian - UK

The Apprentice review – cartoon version of chump-in-chief Donald Trump’s early years

Ali Abbasi’s film presents young Donald as an amoral narcissist, wastes the talent of Jeremy Strong and includes a grisly rape scene that is quickly glossed over

The Guardian - UK

Roy Cohn: The ‘evil’ master architect who mentored Donald Trump, as seen in The Apprentice

Decades before Trump erected his Tower, an insidiously well-connected New York power-player was cutting a ruthless path through US society, politics and courtroom battles. A new film charts Roy Cohn’s outsized influences on America and the 45th president, writes Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK

Cannes Film Festival 2022: Drama, Controversy, And Excitement

The 77th Cannes Film Festival faces challenges but offers a diverse lineup of films and discussions amidst global turmoil.

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What would cornered Trump do for Roy Cohn’s tough-guy dark arts now?

A film debuting at Cannes charts the young developer’s relationship with the legendarily machiavellian lawyer

The Guardian - US

The Apprentice: Holy Spider director is making new film about Donald Trump

Sebastian Stan will be playing a younger version of the New York mogul

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Fans divided after first photos of Sebastian Stan playing Donald Trump emerge

‘Succession’s’ Jeremy Strong and ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’s’ Maria Bakalova will also appear in the film

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Hottie Sebastian Stan Will Play Trump In Biopic So Prepare To Have Confusing Feelings For Donald

Sebastian Stan has been cast as Donald Trump in an upcoming biopic about the American ex-President, which gives me weird feelings.

The Independent UK

Sebastian Stan to play Donald Trump alongside Succession’s Jeremy Strong in new film

The cast also includes Maria Bakalova as Trump’s first wife Ivana

The Guardian - AU

Donald Trump biopic: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong and Maria Bakalova cast in The Apprentice

Stan, who recently played Tommy Lee in Pam & Tommy, will play the former US president in new film, joined by Strong as Roy Cohn and Bakalova as Ivana Trump

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The Guardian - US

Dancing, dating and death: the five best films added to US streaming this week

Highlights include Billy Eichner’s rom-com Bros, serial killer drama Holy Spider and troubling documentary Jesus Camp

Los Angeles Times

In 'The Last of Us,' Ashley Johnson gave Ellie life. Here's why her casting was perfect

In "The Last of Us," nothing ushers in more devastation than desperate acts of love — not even mushroom zombies or government rebels.

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Brix Smith’s cultural highlights

The ex-Fall guitarist on a compelling fashion rivalry, Björk’s latest masterpiece, and a surreal film moment she won’t forget

The Guardian - UK

Holy Spider – prurient Iranian serial killer drama

Based on the real-life case of a man who murdered 16 women, Ali Abbasi’s tense film feels at once timely and dehumanising

The Guardian - UK

Zar Amir Ebrahimi on fleeing Iran and her Cannes comeback: ‘If you lose everything, it’s easier to rise up’

Forced to leave Iran after an intimate video of her was leaked, Ebrahimi has rebuilt her career. Her latest film, for which she won best actress at Cannes, celebrates the defiance of women in her home country

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A man killed women he deemed 'immoral' — an Iranian film fictionalizes the story

The real-life "Spider Killer" murdered 16 women in Iran between 2000 and 2001. The case inspired Holy Spider, which has resonated abroad during a time of amplified state violence in Iran.

Boston Herald

Movie review: ‘Holy Spider’ weaves gripping tale of serial killer

Is murdering prostitutes in modern-day Iran the work of God? It is if you are the madman and religious fanatic carrying out a reign of serial-killer terror in the gripping and horrifying “Holy Spider” in the early 21-century city of Mashhad, the second most populous city in Iran and the…

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