Search results for: Abbas Kiarostami

Currently in the "Woody Allen phase" of his career (unlike Woody, he left his homeland for more than pure economics) Abbas Kiarostami delivered in his third decade of work, an invigorating, intellectually stimulating piece of cinema with another career high with in Certified Copy. What I'm most curious about is how the kindness, civility and humanity in a post Tsunami Japan might be further illuminated/embedded in this work.

The face of a woman applying lipstick with an extra kick in her step. This sums up the first teaser seconds for Palme d'Or winning director Abbas Kiarostami's light romance (think Before Sunrise for an older demo). With Juliette Binoche's face being splashed everywhere on the Croisette, MK2 will have no problems selling the film to either IFC and SPC.

For a while now, Kiarostami's contribution to the world cinema scene has been limited to philanthropy and little seen docs and shorts -- this film represents a new direction for the filmmaker as its the first film shot outside of his homeland, and the discourse will be a lot less politicized. Added bonus: my silver screen crush Juliette Binoche stars.

Gist: Considered a sort of sequel to Kiarostami's 2010 Certified Copy, it reads like it could just as well be a cousin to the...

It's suntory time folks. Park-Chan Wook, Abbas Kiarostami and Fatih Akin will be giving master classes while two members of the Team Zissou faction...