Iran

A Man of Integrity

By Ray Lobo | June 2022

Mohammad Rasoulof received considerable praise from the international cinema community for his film There is No Evil. The recognition was well deserved as…

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Mohammad Rasoulof received considerable praise from the international cinema community for his film There is No Evil. The recognition was well deserved as...

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30th ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Female puberty gets warped by gender repression in writer/director Maryam Zahirimehr's...

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SLAMDANCE 2022 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! The Iranian documentary Doggy Love is an uncomfortable look at how dogs are treated in Tehran. Aslan and Yassi run...

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SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2022 REVIEW! Iranian auteur Abed Abest's spellbinding Killing The Eunuch Khan is a masterpiece spanning several cinematic genres....

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NEW TO AMAZON PRIME! Asghar Farhadi already has an incredible reputation as a writer and director, having won and been nominated for more than 100 awards,...

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FANTASTIC FEST 2021 REVIEW! Arsalan Amiri's debut feature, Zalava, explores the ancient conflict between reason and faith through the story of a tiny...

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NOW IN THEATERS! The exposure of the inequities between men's and women's sports rages on, and Sahar Mossayebi's Platform adds much-needed fuel to the...

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There are few shortcuts in life. But finding one is half the fun in the Iranian short film, Funfair, directed by Kaveh Mazaheri and written by him and...

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The United States is currently undergoing the result of what happens when the past is not properly addressed, and though it is on a much more personal...

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In The Night, an Iranian-American couple with a baby check into a hotel in Los Angeles only to experience an ever-escalating series of strange encounters...

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