The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, remains one of the most devastating events in human history, not…
Year: 2025
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…
I met Ole Christian Madsen, the acclaimed Danish filmmaker, at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece. He had brought seven…
Police characters in films—especially in comedies—are often not portrayed with likable or respectable faces. Aside from crime/action films, in comedies…
Now that Iran is caught in a devastating and inhumane urban war in the Middle East, I want us to…