ISSN 1712-9559
Keyword : Iranian Cinema
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Interview with Iranian director of the dance film Forbidden Sun Dance, Lila Ghobady, and its subject, dance choreographer Aram Bayat.
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An analysis of Samira Makhmalbaf's latest and controversial film, Two-Legged Horse, which incorporates Makhmalbaf's own responses at the Q & A following the world premiere of her film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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An analysis of the politicized use of food as a means of generating taboo forms of sensuousness in Iranian cinema.
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An assessment of Baizai's troubles in recent years to consistently get films made.
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An interview with Abbas Kiarostami detailing his latest film, Shirin.
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An in-depth analysis of the representation of women in contemporary Iranian cinema.
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This essay examines Mohsen Makhmalbaf's intertextual use of Rumi's famous poem The Three Fish in his early third phase film, Time of Love.
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A somewhat irreverent, insightful analysis of two recent female-centered Iranian documentaries, The Ladies Room and Iranian Journey.
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A look back at one of Makhmalbaf's most important mid-career political films, Marriage of the Blessed.
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A look back at some Iranian shorts and a feature documentary which have an element of reflexivity which is common to most Iranian cinema.
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Writer Rist concentrates on the Asian offerings at the 27th edition of the WFF.
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Active before and after the Iranian Revolution of 1979, writer-director Bahram Baizai is an important figure of Iranian cinema. Yet he has yet to receive the awards and accolades of his contemporaries, like Kiarostami, Makhmalbaf, Panahi, and Majidi, at least not in the West.
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A recurring element that struck me during the 2002 Festival International Nouveau Cinéma Nouveaux Medias’ and which I have decided to use as my anchor for this report, is the fragmented narrative, and/or the anthology or omnibus format. Many films at the FCMM were structured using this time honored tradition. Films covered in this report include 11’09’’01, Ten, Gambling, Gods and LSD, Dolls, and Elsewhere.
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Iranian cinema once again leads the way at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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Firstrun Features does an admirable job with the DVD transfer of Dariush Mehrjui's excellent Leila.
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Part two of Peter Rist's critical assessment of Iranian films that played at the most recent of the major Montreal film festivals.
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The first of a two-part critical assessment of recent Iranian cinema seen through the eyes of Montreal film critic and film professor Peter Rist.
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One of the grand masters of contemporary cinema visits Montreal. Read an exclusive interview here at Offscreen.
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