Cannes 2024: More Than a Masterpiece, ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Is Activism in Real Time
'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' is more than just “set against the backdrop” of the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests.
Tag: Iran
‘Keyke mahboobe man’ Is a Cake Without Icing
Moghaddam and Sanaeeha craft an intriguing film that is at once a character study and a study of the society these characters inhabit.
Reel Asian 2023: ‘Terrestrial Verses’ Shows How Oppression Permeates the Everyday in Iran
A setup that evokes the ending of 'A Separation' by fellow Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, but without the same implications.
‘The Night’ Is a Unique and Piercing Persian Horror
Disorienting and shadowy — a brooding horror falling heavy as a pall.
