The teacher in Iranian cinema has never been just a teacher. One might even argue that what has drawn Iranian cinema to this figure is not the profession itself, but
In Asghar Farhadi’s cinema, editing is not merely a stage in which filmed shots are assembled; it is part of the process of discovering the narrative. That is why Hayedeh
On the occasion of the death of Sirous Ebrahimzadeh, the veteran Iranian theatre, film, radio, and television actor, who recently passed away at the age of 89.
Spoiler Warning: This comprehensive analysis examines the narrative arcs, bloodline secrets, character fates, and endings of the series 1883, 1923, and Yellowstone, revealing all the major plot points. It is
Among twentieth-century filmmakers, few have brought the question of time so explicitly and consciously to the center of their cinematic theory and practice as Andrei Tarkovsky. Even the title of
The death of Patricio Guzmán, the great Chilean documentary filmmaker, at the age of 85 marked the end of the life of a filmmaker who spent more than half a
Pedro Almodóvar’s cinema has always been a carnival of vivid colors, passionate melodramas, raw emotions, and bold redefinitions of human identity—a world born out of the Movida Madrileña movement, where
The occasion for this essay is Parallel Tales, the latest film by Asghar Farhadi, which premiered in competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and is his tenth feature film.
Seifollah Samadian now has another distinction to his name: an award from the Cinema Museum, honoring his decades-long presence in the world of images. But if we are to talk
In Everything That Will Happen Has Already Happened (2024), Serbian-American filmmaker Vladan Nikolić has created a semi-experimental, avant-garde work that, through a collage of short stories, paints a picture of