Since the early days of Hollywood, war has served as fertile ground for dramatic storytelling—but often at the cost of…
Year: 2025
🔸 “Arghavan (Redbud), what secret is it that each time spring arrives, it brings mourning to our hearts?” In the…
Cinema, from its earliest days, was never merely a tool for entertainment. It became a medium for reflecting human suffering,…
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, remains one of the most devastating events in human history, not…
Israeli cinema, much like the country itself, is deeply entangled in the complexities of conflict, identity, memory, and moral reckoning.…
War broke out. Music, theater, cinema, and books were all shut down.Today, in the streets of the industrial city, people’s…
War cinema has always been a stage for reflecting the darkness and light within humanity—from the voiceless cries of victims…
One of my favorite films is To Be or Not to Be by Kianoush Ayari. About twenty-seven years ago, when…
In these bitter days of Israeli army invasion of Iran, perhaps the only thing left to speak of is anti-war…
Time: An autumn afternoon in 1964Place: One of the underprivileged villages in Kerman, Iran The schoolchildren had gone home. A…