Banksy painting self-destructs after being sold at auction
byBanksy has now become a household name, and that his work achieves strong prices at major auctions is no longer a curiosity or exception….
Iranian Cinema
Being Hassan for Morocco
byA photographer, designer, and filmmaker, Hassan Hajjaj is one of Morocco’s preeminent international artists, sometimes called his native country’s answer to Andy Warhol. Entirely…
Illusionist Painter
byRob Gonsalves is a 55-year-old Canadian of Portuguese descent who paints scenes that fill in the space somewhere in between everyday activities and hallucinations….
Iranian Homosexuals in an Album
byBorn to Iranian parents but growing up with Swiss upbringing gave Laurence Rasti critical mind that has a flavors of both culture. In her project “There Are…
A brief history of Iranian cinema
byTo best understand the roots of Iranian cinema, one must perhaps travel back to the early 20th century, when the Qajar monarch Mozaffareddin Shah…
The Loss of High Culture
byThis loss of high culture is not an American phenomenon alone. English intellectual and artistic life has fallen off greatly since the generation of…
A Film About Iranian Divorced Woman
byIda panahandeh’s first feature film ‘Nahid’ has been selected in Cannes Festival 2015 official selection. Nahid is a divorced woman who lives in a…
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
byJust imagine mixing Dracula wandering in London with the Middle Eastern vampire girl thatcovered with the Vail, hunting down the bad men. Then continue…
The Surfer Girls Of Iran
byThe 28-year-old Irish surfer has spent several weeks in the past three years riding the waves in a remote region of what is –…
“Snow” A Good Film by Mehdi Rahmani
by“Snow,” the new film by Mehdi Rhamani, is a gloomy film about a middle class family that, because of financial difficulties, is on the…
Iranian Living Room
byMiddle East has been the center of attention for the last decade or so not only by anthropologists or sociologists or even economists but…
Forbidden Movie
byAfter a long day at work, and to get away from it all, I decide to treat myself to a movie. Once I…
Iranian Casablanca
byThe return of Amir’s ex girlfriend, Nazli, now married to a Deutsch citizen, makes things more complicated, stirring up long withheld emotions, desires and…
Unfit Iranian Men and a Movie Called NOTHING
byIn his film “Nothing,” Abdolreza Kahani expresses his disappointment in Iranian men in an angry tone. That is why he gives the final choice…
Iranian New Wave Cinema – Fat Shaker
byThe Fat Shaker, a movie written, produced and directed by Mohammad Shirvani, literally does what its title suggests: it shakes. Shirani’s intentional use of…
At the End of 8th Street
byWith her brother on the death row for murder, Niloofar, Taraneh Alidoosti, has only three days, to come up with blood money, Diya, to…
Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly
byThe opening in Asghar Farhadi’s “About Elly”, is reminiscent of Guillaume Canet’s Little White Lies (2010): a playful group of friends turns out to…
Parviz a Film About Iranian's Doomed Future to Come
byA darkly comic depiction of family and community dysfunction, and directed by Majid Barzegar, Parviz, portrays the world of a fifty year old man,…