Greek actress Irene Papas brought commanding presence to international cinema, notably in Costa-Gavras's political thriller Z and Moustapha Akkad's historical epic The Message. I have reviewed 3 of her films on the site so far.
Rating: 3.5★
There are not many films that can claim to have caused a diplomatic incident before they even opened. The Message, released in 1976 under the alternative title Mohammad, Messenger of God, prompted a hostage siege at the Washington D.C. headquarters of B'nai B'rith, carried out
Rating: 3.5★
There are political thrillers, and then there are films that arrive so charged with real-world fury that the fiction barely disguises the rage beneath. Costa-Gavras's Z (1969) is very much the latter. Based on Vassilis Vassilikos's 1966 novel of the same name, the film
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