Jon Stewart has always attracted attention in both political and media spheres; his incisive and outspoken views have rattled the cages of some, and broken those of others wide open. Rosewater, his directorial debut, is his attempt to show us that he is also an important presence behind the camera as well as in front of it.

Based on actual events in 2009, Maziar Bahari (Gael Garcia Bernal), an Iranian-Canadian journalist, is imprisoned and interrogated on the accusation that he is in fact…
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