Eagles of the Republic

Fares Fares, star of the two previous films in Tarik Saleh’s Cairo trilogy - 'The Nile Hilton Incident' (2017) and 'The Cairo Conspiracy' (2023) - is a hoot as an egotistical Egyptian movie star dilettante whose dreams of an easy life in a difficult country are scuppered in brutal fashion. A satire with a dissident energy and a dark denouement, it’s an Armando Iannucci-esque send-up of something deadly serious. (Time Out)