Every year, the Australian-based online quarterly, Senses of Cinema, invites writers from all over the globe to submit their selections for the best movies of the year. The top 10 you are probably familiar with at this point, but the following … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: 2022 World Cinema Poll
Lydia Tár is broken. Pulled from the podium, kicked out of her Berlin apartment, barred from seeing her daughter, the disgraced conductor returns to her family house on Long Island, pokes around her childhood room—perfectly preserved as if she were … Continue reading 2022: Accommodating for Others
Somewhere in Turkey, a man and a woman obtain a foraged passport. The passport is for her, and once the man receives his, he will join her in Europe. Getting across the border is the tricky part. But they are … Continue reading NO BEARS (خرس نیست)
The bad news: the novel coronavirus has disrupted life as we know it, and will for the next couple months. But, you’ve gone to the store, you’ve stocked up for the long haul, you’ve washed your hands, and you’re social … Continue reading Streaming Cat Blues
The 41st Denver Film Festival brings together more than 300 shorts and feature films from Oct. 31–Nov. 11. Sure, there are bound to be some duds in there, but 2018 is a veritable cinematic bumper crop, particularly when you look … Continue reading The World Comes to DFF: Dispatches From the 41st Denver Film Festival
Two Decembers ago, New Yorker critic Richard Brody wrote, “The year 2013 has been an amazing one for movies, though maybe every year is an amazing year for movies if one is ready to be amazed by movies.” True in 2013, and … Continue reading 2015: Come and See
In March 2010, famed Iranian director, Jafar Panahi (The White Balloon, The Mirror, Offside), was arrested along with his wife, daughter, and 15 friends. Later that year, they were officially charged for “colluding with the intention to commit crimes against … Continue reading TAXI
From the late 1990s to the early years of the 21st century, some of the best cinema came out of Iran. Populated with directors like Asghar Farhadi, Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and Jafar Panahi, Iran’s postmodern renaissance showed that nothing … Continue reading CLOSED CURTAIN (پرده)
If we could tell a film, why make a film? —Jafar Panahi Continue reading Born On This Day — July 11, 1960
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