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Sundance 2025 Review: BRIDES, Empathetic, Sympathetic Cautionary Tale

Deftly directed by Nadia Fall from Suhayla El-Bushra's multi-layered screenplay, Brides examines a relatively recent, ripped-from-the-headlines subject ripe for sensationalism and exploitation.   Namely, the subject is Western-born or -raised Muslim women who left the West behind for the illusory...