Zaur Gasimli’s “Taghiyev: Oil” is the first film in a potential tetralogy, so it should come as no surprise that it plays like an extended first act. Azerbaijan’s 2026 Oscar entry, about philanthropist, oil magnate and “father of the nation” Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, is resplendent in its conception as a period biopic with the scale of […]
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