When a film from far beyond Hollywood’s pull upends your sense of what movies can do, you begin to wonder how you ever ...

Two Iranian films — Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” and the documentary “Cutting Through Rocks” — are vying for Oscars this Sunday, two weeks after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran.

At the center of the film series is the work of Rakhshan Banietemad. An award-winning filmmaker who emerged in the wake of ...

To drive through it was both to experience a kind of cinematic thrill and attain a level of comprehension only the movies could prepare you for. By the time the 2010’s rolled around, audiences were ...

As the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) this year wakes up to protests over 19 films being stopped from screening, another form of protest comes to mind. The year was 2022, the 27th IFFK, ...

Iranian Protagonist Of Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘Cutting Through Rocks’ Will Not Make It To Academy Awards Ceremony ...

Cinema has been a part of Iran for nearly its entire history. Though the work of Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is no longer extant—he who, as the official photographer of Muzaffar al-Din Shah, shot the ...

TALLINN, Estonia — “Duality,” the new hybrid feature written, directed and produced by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Nezamdoost world-premiered this week in Tallinn’s main competition, marking a bold entry ...

In the mood for 'A Season for Cinema: Visual insight in Iran; Cinema, Light, Truth' without the hassle? Figuring out where to stream, rent, buy, or watch how to watch the Ramin Mohseni directed movie ...

Can’t wait to check out 'Cinema Iran' tonight? Trying to locate where to stream, rent, buy, or watch where to watch the Mark Cousins-helmed movie can be more complicated than expected so we at ...