The director of the newly released Donald Trump biopic, The Apprentice, is open to a phone call with the former president … only if he can find the time in his busy press schedule. Like a scene in the ...
Is there anything surprising left about former President Donald Trump? Ali Abassi, a filmmaker, would say yes. In his latest film, “The Apprentice,” Abassi rakes the muck that is the rotten underbelly ...
James Shani, whose new company Rich Spirit stepped in to help release Ali Abassi’s The Apprentice, was ebullient at the film’s New York premiere days ahead of a wide theatrical release. “We did it. I ...
His second feature, “Border,” won the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and was nominated for six European Film ...
“The Apprentice,” Ali Abassi’s film that serves as the origin story of one monster making another — Roy Cohn creating the Donald Trump we now know — begins with Richard Nixon delivering his “I am not ...