Out of the total number of death penalties conducted globally in the year 2017, over half were done in Iran. The percentage has been dropping since, but Iran...
Category - Iranian Reviews
There are few tropes older than one about a person in a desperate search for something in a foreign land. With the refugee crisis that occupied the headlines...
While the horror genre is always on the verge of losing its touch with many entries being too mainstream and too polished, there are always a few movies within...
“Education is one of the blessings of life – and one of its necessities.” When Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 the...
Oft times, documentaries portray an issue or situation peculiar to a certain region or country, which is known to all within that region but not many...
When most reviews talk about a simple story portrayed without ceremony, it was exactly that that lead the jury to give this movie Prix de la Camera d'Or...
Often considered as the first film that began the Iranian New Wave, it is also historically well-known for gaining admiration of Ayatollah Khomeini which saved...
The Audience Award of PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival went to the Iranian drama “When the Moon Was Full” directed by Narges Abyar. Based on a...
Iranian avant-garde theatre director Homayoun Ghanizadeh, after years of staging plays, decided to try his hand also at a different medium, to a maverick and...
By Wally Adams What comes to mind when thinking of Iranian cinema? Abstract, poetic rumination on art or politics? Deeply contemplative social realism on the...