Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Panah Panahi Stars: Panteas Panahiha, Hassan Madjooni, Amin Simsar, Rayan Sarlak. An Iranian family of four head out for a road trip. In the car is the mother (Pantea Panahiha), the father Khosro (Hassan Madjooni) whose leg is in a cast, their elder son Farid (Amin Simsar) who is quite reserved and says little, and their youngest son (Rayan Sarlak), a curious, precocious and …
A HERO.
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Asghar Farhadi Stars: Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanbandah, Saleh Karimaei, Sahar Goldoust, Maryam Shadaie, Ali Reza Jahandideh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Sarina Farhadi. Asghar Farhadi is one of Iran’s most famous and influential filmmakers and has a massive presence on the international film festival scene. His film A Separation won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in …
UNDER THE SHADOW
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Babak Anvari Stars: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi. We don't see many horror films from Iran, as their cinema is mainly centred around domestic dramas and social realism that subtly critique the repressive regime and its patriarchal nature and religious zealotry. Last year we had the low budget A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, a low key and understated horror …
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Vahid Jalilvand Stars:We Niki Karimi, Amir Aghaei, Vahid Jalilvand, Setar Ahmadpour, Afarin Obeisi, Borvoz Arjmand, Milad Yazdani. The debut feature from Iranian filmmaker Vahid Jalilvand, this is a well crafted film that looks at the economic and cultural misery of ordinary Iranian citizens in a repressive and misogynistic regime. The script from Jalilvand, Ali Zarneger and …
A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Ana Lily Armipour Stars: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Dominic Rains, Marshall Manesh, Milad Eghbali, Mozhan Marno. Not only is this an intriguing title, but it is pretty much a synopsis of this quirky, ultra low budget horror film from Iran, of all places. It is the first vampire film from Iran, and it is pretty much unlike any other Iranian film you will have ever seen. First time …
THE PAST
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Asghar Farhadi Stars: Berenice Bejo, Ali Mossafa, Tahir Rahim, Pauline Burnet, Elyes Agius. The Golden Globes certainly got it wrong this year! The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awarded their Best Foreign Language Film gong to the dull, pretentious and self-indulgent Italian film The Great Beauty ahead of the far superior Danish drama The Hunt or The Past, the new drama from …
