A Separation: A Film From Iran
A Separation, from Iran, is the most intense, informative, though claustrophobic, domestic drama you are likely to see in years. …
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Children of Paradise – A Film from Iran
If there is a film director better at making movies about children than Majid Majidi of Iran, I don’t know …
The Stoning of Soraya M — A Film of Iran
Of all the terrible means human beings have used to put others to death few exceed stoning for sheer cruelty; …
Day Break – A Prison Movie from Iran
Day break refers to the time of day when the guards in a Tehran prison come to the cells of …
The Day I Became a Woman – A Film from Iran
What an unexpected, unusual and brain shaping movie. The Day I Became a Woman is Marzieh Makhmalbaf‘s first film in …
The Color of Paradise — A Film from Iran
It’s hard to convey the feeling of seeing Majid Majidi‘s wondrous 1999 The Color of Paradise from Iran. We watched it on …
Iran in the Movies: The Song of Sparrows
Iran has been in the US news for over 30 years as the arch-demon of the west, at least since …
Venzuela — North Korea
This ought to get a few spitoons in the White House filled up. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a fierce critic …