Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many screenings as he can, Liam is always watching new movies and television shows.
In addition to reviewing, writing, and commentating on both new and old releases, Liam has interviewed talent such as Mark Wahl...
The narrative around *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* presents a compelling case for the power of art as resistance, but it also invites deeper scrutiny of how political narratives are framed in global media. The strongest version of this story—its steelman—is that Rasoulof’s film serves as both a creative achievement and a courageous act of dissent, exposing the human cost of authoritarianism. The film’s use of real protest footage and its focus on a family’s unraveling under state pressure amplify...