Aysebozkurt·Oct 15Where Is the Friend’s House? On sympathy, inequality and what schools really teachThe Persian poet Saadi Shirazi, in his thirteenth-century Golestan, teaches the art of living well through small, often amusing stories. In…
Sergiu Toader·Mar 21THE IRANIAN BIG SCREENWhy the real Oscar movies are playing right now on the streets of Tehran
Aras Ergünay·Mar 4Taste of Cherry: On The Road to Death‘’Have you lost all hope? Have you ever looked at the sky when you woke up in the morning? At dawn, don’t you want to see the sun rise? The…
Rino Ingenito·Mar 2“Review: Reclaiming the Frame: Iranian Underground Cinema and the Politics of Making the Invisible…The film traces a journey from royal spectacle to clandestine resistance, culminating in the quiet radicalism of My Favorite Cake.A response icon1
Sameer Shekhawat·Mar 1The Salesman — My Introduction to Iranian CinemaA first-time viewer discovers the quiet power of Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman — and why Iranian cinema deserves a much wider audience.
