Agora presents a world split in two by the ousting of the old by the supplanting of the new. Agora parallels real world antagonism in an important way: peaceful religions twisted in violent aggression ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This review was originally published as part of indieWIRE’s coverage of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. “Agora” opens in theaters this Friday. Alejandro Amenabar’s “Agora” contains a ...

Alejandro Amenabar will need good word-of-mouth to attract wider audiences willing to sit through 144 minutes and a heavy-handed beginning in his latest film, "Agora." Hopefully, he will get it. By ...