Film Review: Under the Shadow (2016)
byThe Iran-Iraq war started in September of 1980 and lasted eight years. An estimated one million people died in a war which saw Saddam…
Jafar Panahi
MIFF 2013: Closed Curtain (2013)
byFollowing the documentary This Is Not A Film, Closed Curtain marks director Jafar Panahi’s second movie (co-directed by Kambuzia Partovi) since a six year home imprisonment sentence and twenty year ban on film making was imposed on him by the Iranian government.
Film Review: A Separation (2012)
byFrom the comfort of a house in a suburb of a major city in a Western nation, Iran can feel like a world away.
Film Review: This is Not a Film (2010)
byTroubled Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s house arrest while awaiting news on a court appeal is documented in This Is Not a Film.
Rum, Shoes and Iranian news
byFirstly, the official poster for The Rum Diary has been release. The trailer thankfully looks very promising and stars Johnny Depp as the Hunter…