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It is entirely true that an acting career in cinema, theater, and television is limited and has an expiration date.…

Rome Is Not Just a City, It’s a Poem Flowing Through Time and Space Rome, the capital of memories, holds…

I Am a Villager, and I’m Proud of It I am a villager, and I take pride in it. My…

Cinema, from its earliest days, was never merely a tool for entertainment. It became a medium for reflecting human suffering,…

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…

Time: An autumn afternoon in 1964Place: One of the underprivileged villages in Kerman, Iran The schoolchildren had gone home. A…

Police characters in films—especially in comedies—are often not portrayed with likable or respectable faces. Aside from crime/action films, in comedies…

War always carries with it the scent of dust and blood. The sound of sirens, cracked walls, anxious mothers’ eyes,…

Dariush Mehrjui (1939-2023), writer, screenwriter, musician, translator, painter, producer, prominent director, and, in fact, the preeminent symbol of the Iranian…