Iran is an ancient civilization with a rich history of art, poetry, and architecture. Persian literature is often recognized ...

Oscar-winning Israeli director Guy Nattiv began developing the story several years ago and knew that he needed to collaborate with an Iranian to make the film. It’s fitting that Tatami, the first ...

Join Fordham University film scholar Hadi Gharabaghi for an introduction to the emerging Iranian horror movie genre. Learn about its formal and stylistic features as well as its thematic elements ...

India, Aug. 15 -- Iranian cinema is among the very best in the world, exemplified by the works of auteurs such as Majid Majidi, Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi and Asghar Farhadi. Critics hail Iranian ...

Writer-director Soheil Beirgahi’s fourth feature follows a rebellious young performer who pays a hefty price for her insubordination. By Jordan Mintzer Depictions of Iran in mainstream U.S. media tend ...

There were nightclubs and bars. People mixed freely. Women could dress however they wanted: tight jeans, mini-skirts, hair loose. The king drove around in a luxury Cadillac, appeared to have a soft ...

From prison cells to clandestine sets, Mohammadi discusses Berlinale-premiered ‘Roya’, resistance, hope and why ‘cinema can’t ...

Can’t wait to check out 'Dance Iranian Style' right from your couch? Finding where to stream, rent, buy, or watch where to stream or rent the Farshad Aria directed movie can be a bit of a headache so ...

“One is not born a woman, but becomes one.” Nearly eighty years after this statement by Simone de Beauvoir, it’s still true that womanhood is not a biological or natural given, but a product of ...

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association has stepped-up calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reappraise its relationship with Iran’s government-controlled Farabi cinema ...

Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari, whose latest film “Terrestrial Verses” (co-directed by Alireza Khatami) world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, has been banned by the Iranian authorities from ...