A timely new documentary chronicles a British solder’s return to Afghanistan, just as U.S. troops pulled out of the country amid a Taliban takeover. WestEnd Films, in collaboration with Israeli outfit ...
'Bread and Roses', which largely features footage taken in Afghanistan after the Taliban retook control of the country in 2021, is now streaming on Apple TV+ The result is the new documentary Bread ...
EXCLUSIVE: In war, it is said, to the victor go the spoils. In the case of Afghanistan, the Taliban proved victorious, retaking power after 20 years of American military occupation. And the spoils ...
EXCLUSIVE: We have your first look at Matthew Heineman’s gripping new film Retrograde from National Geographic Documentary Films, a visceral, ground-level immersion into the last nine months of ...
Directed by Tamana Ayazi and Marcel Mettelsiefen, the film, about one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors, will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau ...
Evolving threats from Al Qaeda and ISIS. A clampdown on women’s rights. Ethnic minorities facing harsh consequences: This is Afghanistan today, less than two months after the Taliban swept back into ...
Two days into the Taliban’s new rule of Afghanistan that began on Aug. 15, 2021, the hardline group held a press conference that seemed aimed at convincing the world that this time around, things ...
Everyone has secrets. Some big, some small. Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen was keenly aware that one of his childhood friends had a story so traumatic that he’d kept it a secret from everyone ...
“Bodyguard of Lies,” a documentary examining the deceit that drove the longest war in American history, takes its title from a Winston Churchill line: “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should ...
In an interview in advance of the premiere, Navai told me that her exposé, which will also be available via streaming online, is already ruffling the Taliban’s feathers. “We’ve had message back that ...
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Netflix releases the film in select theaters on Wednesday, November 9 and on its streaming platform ...