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A trip to the hairdresser's turns sour in Huda's Salon, a gripping thriller written and directed by Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now). Inspired by chilling real events in Palestine, it sees young mother Reem (Maisa Abd Elhadi) drugged by Huda (Manal Awad), who strips her naked and takes compromising pictures of her with a…

Mubi's German-language, post-WWII drama Great Freedom grossed a solid $8,814 at NYC's Film Forum this weekend, the latest in a string of foreign films to open well and with younger demos previously atypical of the genre. Austria's shortlisted Oscar submission for Best International Feature was also Mubi's pick of the…

A4 presents Kagonada's second feature After Yang in limited release, the latest in the distributor’s varied indie slate ahead of wide-release horror slasher X on 3/18 and sci-fi adventure Everything Everywhere All At Once on 3/25 — which is also opening SXSW Film Festival. This is a weekend where The Batman casts a…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first trailer for Hany Abu-Assad’s TIFF drama Huda’s Salon, which IFC Film will release stateside on March 4, 2022. Ali Suliman (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), Maisa Abd Elhadi (Baghdad Central) and Manal Awad (Gaza Mon Amour) star in the Arabic-language drama-thriller. Based on real events, the film…