Trump proves an eager learner, and Cohn’s help proves instrumental in achieving the younger man’s vision: placing a luxury hotel right on 42nd Street, a sleazy area he aims to revitalize. With some Cohn-esque pressure on city officials, the gleaming Grand Hyatt opens in 1980.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign team threatened legal action, but has failed to stop "The Apprentice" from being released in cinemas before the US election. The biographical drama was directed by Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi and the screenplay was written by US journalist Gabriel Sherman.

"The Apprentice," the new Trump biopic about his early career, features Oscar-worthy performances, says SFGATE columnist Drew Magary.

Ali Abbasi's film 'The Apprentice' delves into the mentorship between Roy Cohn and a young Donald Trump. Featuring Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Cohn, the movie provides an empathetic yet provocative depiction of their relationship,

The Iranian-born Danish filmmaker directs an edifying fable on the former American president's formative years under lawyer Roy Cohn.

Ali Abbasi, the director of the Donald Trump biopic 'The Apprentice', is reacting to controversy around his film.

A new film dramatizes Trump’s rise to success and his fall into turpitude, but fails to capture his dubious star power.

In this ribald fictional telling of a young Trump’s rise, the man responsible is the lawyer Roy Cohn, played to sleazy perfection by Jeremy Strong.

On the one hand, the former president and current Republican nominee has already threatened to sue the filmmakers