In the growing silence of drying rivers, cracked soils, and parched throats, the cinema of our times has begun to…
Year: 2025
The Story of Rostam and Sohrab (*) – with a Different Ending Three hours of staring at a film, feeling…
My mother had seen Mashhadi Mohammad — known as Mashhadi Fred Astaire — dance a tap routine on stage that…
The film “Woman and Child”, directed by Saeed Roustayi, is both a departure from and a continuation of the cinematic…
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…