The film “Woman and Child”, directed by Saeed Roustayi, is both a departure from and a continuation of the cinematic…
Month: July 2025
It was morning.Rain was falling.The children were running around the orange tree in the villa’s yard.Whenever they screamed,the clouds would…
Born in Iraq but having lived in Norway for the last three decades, Zaradasht Ahmed returns to film in his homeland again…
The beautiful film Cast Away is the story of the modern human’s bewilderment. This film, with Tom Hanks’s brilliant performance,…
It was last week that Nasser Taghvai turned eighty-four. I celebrated his birthday alone, beneath a sun as scorching as…
Iranian cinema is full of faces that once shone like bright stars—actors who created unforgettable roles, stirred hearts, and mesmerized…
Last Night I Was Suddenly Thrown into the Presence of Monsieur Georges Méliès! The French genius who, due to his…
The Wheel of Time is an American fantasy television series developed by Rafe Judkins for Amazon Prime Video. The series…
The Simple Spectator — Note One It’s not always true that when someone goes to the movies, they’ve truly gone…
Ingmar Bergman is the child of a silence that emerged whispering from the heart of darkness; the child of a…