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In the growing silence of drying rivers, cracked soils, and parched throats, the cinema of our times has begun to…

My mother had seen Mashhadi Mohammad — known as Mashhadi Fred Astaire — dance a tap routine on stage that…

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…

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…

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…

Danes Enjoy Hearing Nonsense! Lars von Trier, the renowned Danish director who is often credited with reviving Danish cinema—and who…

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Ten years have passed since he left, and yet we still haven’t grown used to his absence. A man who…