André Bazin once described cinema as the “mummification of time”: the preservation of reality’s physical body from the ravages of decay and the encroachment of oblivion. If, at the beginning
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.
I watch Sylvie, the writer in Parallel Tales by Asghar Farhadi, spying on her neighbors, and I am reminded of myself standing by the window of my room. From my
A Look at the Personal and Artistic Life of Keyvan Khosravani, Architect and Fashion Designer
Among the prominent figures of the “Romanian New Wave,” Radu Jude is a singular, restless, and deeply radical presence. While contemporaries such as Cristian Mungiu and Cristi Puiu remained committed
Perhaps back when Travis Bickle, consumed by rage and disgust in Taxi Driver, kicked at his small television set in an attempt to smash the magic box, he could never
Violence in Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s cinema often begins at the moment when a relationship can no longer maintain the appearance of normality; when the distance between people becomes visible within the
Prelude — In this final piece in a series of essays focusing on important Iranian films at the age of forty, I would like to return to the broader image
Prelude — We are living through an era in which the finest television series no longer stand in the shadow of cinema, not only in terms of production quality and