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‘The Mauritanian’: Film Review David Rooney 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. Macdonald is an exceptional documentary maker ( Touching the Void) with a more uneven track record in narrative features ( The Last King of Scotland is probably strongest among them), and this legal procedural remains strangely flat, despite its star power and a gripping central performance from Tahar Rahim as Slahi. An unimpeachably w...

Laura Poitras says she's been fired by First Look Media over Reality Winner controversy Sarah Ellison, The Washington Post Jan. 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Laura Poitras photographed in Washington, D.C., in 2017.Washington Post photo by Bill O'Leary Three days after Thanksgiving, filmmaker Laura Poitras received a blandly chipper text signaling the end of her time with the media organization she co-founded and which she now says has betrayed its mission. "Hope all is well and you remain safe," Drew Wilson, the chief financial officer of First Look Media, wrote to Poitras. "Do you have a fe...

A politically charged legal thriller with only an intermittent pulse. TWITTER 2/19/2021 Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch star as lawyers on opposing sides of a habeas corpus case in Kevin Macdonald's drama based on the memoir of a longtime Guantánamo Bay detainee, played by Tahar Rahim. 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. Macdonald is an exceptional documentary maker ( Tou...

Houston: American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects (ASIE) is a networking platform for engineers and architects of Indian origin. First, we would like to pay our respects to those who are in the frontline helping the public during the pandemic, and our condolences to the families and friends who suffered unthinkable loss due to COVID-19. We also want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our sustaining members and corporate sponsors — they are who make it possible for us to do the good work! For the past 26 years, the non-profit organization has been helping the members to ...

GPM Investments Begins Next Chapter as Arko Holdings & Haymaker Tie-Up Closes RICHMOND, Va. — GPM Investments parent company, Arko Holdings Ltd., closed on its business tie-up with Haymaker Acquisition Corp. In September, Arko Holdings entered into a definitive agreement with Haymaker, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, to form a business combination. With the combination complete, Arko Corp. — the new company — moves forward as a U.S.-listed public company as GPM embarks on an aggressive remodeling program. "Today marks an important milestone as we drive ...