Fearing new protests, Iran regime starts wave of arrests
Human rights activists are being arrested at random and the smallest protests are being brutally suppressed, even if they ...
A New Age of Iranian Cinema Is on Display at the Oscars
The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” an Oscar-nominated movie filmed in secret in Iran, highlights the Iranian film world’s ...
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‘Universal Language’ needs to be seen to be believed
No reason is ever stated for the strange, deadpan fusion of Winnipeg reality and Iranian New Wave cinema. But there’s that title. If cinema is a universal language, it’s never been more ...
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‘Universal Language’ Review: If Tehran Were Winnipeg
A lightly satirical and surrealist comedy imagines the snowy Canadian city in the style of the Iranian New Wave. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...
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Movie Review: 'Universal Language' needs to be seen to be believed
No reason is ever stated for the strange, deadpan fusion of Winnipeg reality and Iranian New Wave cinema. But there’s that title. If cinema is a universal language, it’s never been more ...