Amir Zargara’s short film “Vital†offers critique on not just the Iranian practice of legally selling organs but on the exploitation…
Browsing: Iran
When Roger Ebert died, Werner Herzog mourned the loss of his friend and champion, labeling the great critic a “good…
Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig†is a dizzying, electric maze which attacks an epic scale with an…
As a viewer, one of the film genres that draws me in are sports dramas weaving in sociopolitical issues. These…
Qualifying for the 2025 Oscars, Amir Zargara’s short “A Good Day Will Come†is both heartbreaking and necessary. It’s inspired…
As of late, we’ve seen a growing interest among filmmakers and artists to integrate video chats and Skype or Zoom…
Maziyar Khatam’s short film “Baba,†co-directed by Anya Chirkova and Meran Ismailsoy, begins with a tense situation: Two men who…
Films like “Enough†and “Sleeping with the Enemy,†though good-intentioned, cannot escape the curse of Hollywood-ization. We like to see…
 Jafar Panahi’s “No Bears” (“Khers nist,” original title) is a daring multi-hyphenate, pivoting from cranky comedy-of-manners to docu-fiction to operatic…
During the Iran/Iraq war in the 1980s, Tehran and its people witnessed the bloodiest years in their entire history. Set…