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‘The President’s Cake’ Review: Party Politics  The New York Times

Iraqi film draws on Saddam-era childhood in tale of life under dictatorship  NPR

“The President’s Cake” Is a Neorealist Treasure from Iraq  The New Yorker

A Taste of The President’s Cake  Jacobin

Hasan Hadi’s The President’s Cake marks a new era for Iraqi filmmaking  A Rabbit's Foot

Review: ‘The President’s Cake’  dailyuw.com

The President's Cake review: Making sweets for Saddam  Roger Ebert

The President’s Cake  filmreviewdaily.com

Yellow Cake  The Film Verdict

‘Yellow Cake’ Fuses Pulpy, Political Sci-Fi With Brazil Folklife, Radioactivity, and the Pending Apocalypse (Exclusive IFFR Clips)  The Hollywood Reporter

Review: 'Send Help' Successfully Has Its Cake and Eats It Too  The Outside Scoop | Scott Mendelson

‘Yes, they would execute a child’: the film about a girl who has to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein  The Guardian

‘The President’s Cake’ Review: Hasan Hadi’s Layered Drama is as Entertaining as it is Compelling [A-] TIFF  AwardsWatch

'Makin' Cake' documentary uses history of cake to explore racism  WUWM

The best 12 movies from Middle East and Arab cinema in 2025  Middle East Eye

Upasana Konidela Celebrates With Cake And Fireworks As Peddi Enters ₹100 Cr Club Worldwide  News18

Review: The President’s Cake — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott  The Saturday Evening Post

Cannes favorite ‘The President’s Cake’ is a fable with real-world immediacy  The Christian Science Monitor

The President’s Cake review – toughly revealing story of kid on a baking mission for Saddam Hussein’s birthday  The Guardian

‘The President’s Cake’: First U.S. Trailer For Cannes Winner & Iraqi Oscar Hopeful  Deadline

The President’s Cake: Iraq Period Piece Is Just a Touch Too Sweet  Original Cin

Keeper Review: Osgood Perkins Bakes An Unnerving And Ultimately Satisfying Layer Cake Of Horror  SlashFilm

‘The President’s Cake’ Director Hasan Hadi’s Makes History With First-Ever Iraqi Title to Land on the International Feature Oscar Shortlist  Variety

‘The President’s Cake’ is a beguiling, heartbreaking slice of life under Saddam Hussein  San Francisco Chronicle

‘I wanted an Iraqi film where soldiers are not the heroes’: director Hasan Hadi on his captivating debut The President's Cake  The Nerve

‘The President’s Cake’ Film Review: A Moving, Often Harrowing Portrait of Resilience -  Movies We Texted About

The President’s Cake Review: All the Ingredients of a Breakthrough Directorial Debut  The Film Stage

Jason Statham, Guy Ritchie Team for Action-Thriller Viva La Madness  Variety