‘The Mauritanian’ Review: The Quiet Dignity of Tahar Rahim Anchors a Tough Post-9/11 Legal Drama

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticBy now, you’d think, we would have learned to leave Clarice Starling alone.The dogged, haunted FBI trainee was so memorably played by Jodie Foster in 1991’s “The Silence of the Lambs” that Foster’s refusal to reprise the role made the sequel, 2001’s “Hannibal,” fatally unbalanced. No less a talent than Julianne Moore drowned in the role, unable to make the part her own and perhaps unwilling to try.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIssues of identity, assimilation and the contemporary Native American experience run deep beneath Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.’s feature debut “Wild Indian,” while the relatively conventional surface narrative is one that any filmmaker could have told, albeit in a less original context. Watching “Wild Indian,” I was reminded of “Moonlight,” with its three distinct time periods.

Within the film world, Malta is generally known as a production hub for Hollywood blockbusters, its picturesque shores used as locations on projects ranging from Game of Thrones to Gladiator to World War Z to Robert Altman’s Popeye.

Fox has picked up the Canadian legal drama Diggstown from creator Floyd Kane and Entertainment One. Fox acquired the first two seasons, or 12 episodes, of the CBC original drama that stars Being Erica and General Hospital actress Vinessa Antoine as Marcie Diggs, a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities and moves to work in a legal-aid office after her beloved aunt takes her own life following the pressures of a malicious prosecution.

Canadian legal drama Diggstown is heading to the U.S. after Fox acquired the series.

Manori Ravindran International EditorFox has picked up Canadian legal drama “Diggstown” from Entertainment One.Created by Floyd Kane, and starring Vinessa Antoine (“General Hospital,” “Being Erica”), the series from Canadian public broadcaster CBC follows Marcie Diggs (Antoine), a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities and moves to work in a legal-aid office after her aunt commits suicide following the pressures of a malicious prosecution.

Mohamedou Ould Salahi endured unimaginable horror as an inmate of the U.S. government’s notorious Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 14 years.

Silence of the Lambs actors Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins have reunited for the film’s 30th anniversary.The pair, taking part in Variety‘s Actors on Actors series, sat down for an hour over video chat to talk about their new projects. Foster is starring in The Mauritanian, while Hopkins plays the lead role in The Father.Hopkins recalled receiving the script, saying: “After 10 pages, I phoned my agent.

Also Read: Odessa Young, Colin Firth's 'Mothering Sunday' Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics“There is a reason underdog stories hold so much weight in the popular imagination, and we know the Mighty Mites’ true story of triumph over adversity — set in a time when much of the country was suffering — will lift the spirits of audiences worldwide.

Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins are reflecting on Hannibal Lecter ahead of the 20-year anniversary of “The Silence of the Lambs”.

Jodie Foster (“The Mauritanian”) and Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) reunited for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors series. For more, pick up the Jan.

David and Victoria Beckham are "so proud" of their son Romeo after he landed his first cover for L'Uomo Vogue magazine. The 45-year-old former football ace and his fashion designer wife have gushed over their 18-year-old son's solo debut for the fashion bible.

Experts are hopeful that the coronavirus vaccine will help to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has killed more than 2 million people worldwide since its 2019 emergence in China.

The Romanian documentary “Acasa, My Home” explores life outside the margins of society. The idea of living off the grid, raising kids, hunting and fishing and swimming and camping might be escapist, but it’s steeped in current realities.

Kevin Macdonald has sensational nonfiction material in The Mauritanian, based on the best-selling memoir Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who spent 14 years incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba without ever being charged with a crime.

Featuring a standout, awards-worthy performance by Tahir Rahim, Kevin Macdonald’s “The Mauritanian,” adapted from Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s memoir “Guantanamo Diary,” about his prolonged imprisonment at the titular base, is a staggering work of docudrama, that highlights the horrors that the American government inflicted on terrorist suspects post-9/11.

Watch Video: Jodie Foster Defends Accused 9/11 Terrorist in 'The Mauritanian' TrailerThere’s a moment in which “The Mauritanian” flirts with complicated subject matter, namely by suggesting that even if Mohamedou (played by Rahim) is guilty of being one of the main architects of 9/11, he’s still entitled to legal representation and due process.

Landmark Studio Group will put the entertainment industry’s most notable BIPOC artists in the spotlight with its new series Inside the Black Box, created and hosted by Emmy-winning actor Joe Morton and Tracey Moore.