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1. The scene of Farman’s murder in the film Qeysar by Masoud Kimiaei stands as a kind of turning point…

Since the early days of Hollywood, war has served as fertile ground for dramatic storytelling—but often at the cost of…

Israeli cinema, much like the country itself, is deeply entangled in the complexities of conflict, identity, memory, and moral reckoning.…

One of my favorite films is To Be or Not to Be by Kianoush Ayari. About twenty-seven years ago, when…

Premiering in the main competition of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, The Phoenician Scheme  marks another return to form – or, more…

How do you deal with the chaotic drama of our times? According to Ari Aster’s new film, Eddington, by adding…

Cinema has long been fascinated with the idea that beneath the surface of idyllic suburban life, darker truths often lurk.…

Here is a strangely exhausting movie, quaintly imagining the frenzied atmosphere of a New York restaurant kitchen as a microcosm…

Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia is an existential drama masquerading as a comedy masquerading as a thriller. The French director, whose best-known film Stateside…

It’s easy to forget how, once upon a time, North American audiences weren’t fucking with Abbas Kiarostami. Of course, stateside…