All posts tagged "Iranian Cinema"
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Reviews
No Bears | Review
December 20, 2022Blow-Out: Twice Told Tales Unfold in Panahi’s Layered Docufiction Borders and Boundaries and Bears, Oh My!...
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Interviews
Interview: Houman Seyyedi & Azad Jafarian – World War III
November 25, 2022In anticipation for the upcoming 95th Academy Awards, I chatted with director Houman Seyyedi and screenwriter...
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Reviews
World War III | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
October 11, 2022War & Fleece: Seyyedi’s Swiftly Shifting Satire Explores the Corrupting Nature of Power In one of...
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Reviews
Beyond the Wall | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
September 8, 2022Blind Man’s Bluff: Jalilvand Plays Cheap Tricks with Overwrought Melodrama To crib from (of all people)...
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Reviews
Leila’s Brothers | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review
May 26, 2022How to Beat the High Cost of Living: Roustayi Ponders Poverty in Familial Melodrama “Anyone who...
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Reviews
Ballad of a White Cow | Review
February 10, 2022Kismet Kisses: Moghaddam & Sanaeeha Mine Intimate Vengeance in Rich Melodrama The opening moments of Ballad...
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Reviews
Hit the Road | 2021 New York Film Festival Review
October 9, 2021Take the Wheel, My Son: Panahi’s Character-Driven Exodus Hit the Road is equal parts hilarious and...
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Reviews
A Hero | 2021 Cannes Film Festival Review
July 14, 2021Purse First: Farhadi Brings Agony and Ecstasy in Latest Social Drama Robert Burns’ eternal passage, cribbed...
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Reviews
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness | Review
December 9, 2020Killer Ratings: Bakhshi Brings Reality Television Gimmickry to Morbid, Potential Levels To err is human, to...
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Disc Reviews
Criterion Collection: Taste of Cherry | Blu-ray Review
November 3, 2020It’s impossible to talk about Iranian cinema without mention of Abbas Kiarostami, the most prominent figure...