Tag: Hayedeh Safiyari

Parallel Tales (Histoires parallèles) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

The Double Life of the Voyeurist: Farhadi Fails with Out of Touch Drama Initially, it would seem Asghar Farhadi’s decision to present a contemporary world...

In the Land of Brothers | 2024 Sundance Film Festival Review

Family of Straw: Amirfazli & Ghasemi Present a Trilogy of Familial Tragedies The title, of course, is a bitter irony relating to Iran’s self-anointed nickname,...

Holy Spider | Review

Thrill Crazy. Kill Crazy. God Crazy: Abbasi Tackles Brutal Reality of Women and Islamofascism “Every man shall meet what he wishes to avoid,” is the...

Brother’s Keeper | Review

School Ties: Karahan Paints a Chilly Scene of Winter in Boarding School Melodrama The numbing apathy of poverty chained to tireless bureaucracy is met with...

A Hero | 2021 Cannes Film Festival Review

Purse First: Farhadi Brings Agony and Ecstasy in Latest Social Drama Robert Burns’ eternal passage, cribbed by Steinbeck, “the best laid schemes o’ mice and...

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2026 TIFF: Paolo Strippoli, Anna Biller, Matthew Rankin & Eugene Kotlyarenko in Midnight Madness Section

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2026 TIFF: Yung Chang, Shaunak Sen & Zarrar Kahn in Short Cuts Competition

Leaning heavily on world premieres, TIFF's 2026 Short Cuts...