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November 19, 2021

AFI Fest 2021: Huda’s Salon, by David Bax

Huda’s Salon is eager to let us know right away that it is “based on true events.” Whether or not that’s a bit of Fargo-style theatrics, I don’t know. But this harrowing thriller about espionage, blackmail and brutal political life-trading...

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October 4, 2017

The Mountain Between Us: Alive and Kissing, by David Bax

Hany Abu-Assad’s The Mountain Between Us opens with the din of an airport terminal full of cranky would-be passengers gnashing their teeth about canceled flights in the face of an encroaching storm. It sounds chaotic enough to begin with but...

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AFI Fest 2021: Huda’s Salon, by David Bax

The Mountain Between Us: Alive and Kissing, by David Bax

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