Women do not experience oppression in exactly the same way and pretending otherwise helps nobody. Where we are born, the laws we live under, religion, family, money and social expectations can make the differences enormous, but across countries and cultures women still find themselves being told what is appropriate for them: how to dress, how…
Tag: Iranian cinema
65th BFI London Film Festival: “A Hero” Review
Asghar Farhadi, an Iranian director, producer and screenwriter, has a superb ability when it comes to writing his stories. He also has a very precise cinematic style which makes him different from Western filmmakers. While Farhadi’s first love was theatre, he chose filmmaking as his profession. Farhadi has always poignantly examined the themes of love,…
Careless Crime Review
On the 19th of August 1978, terrorists set alight to the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran; killing over 420 people inside. While setting cinemas on fire was not unheard of before and during the Iranian Revolution of the late 70s – what happened at Cinema Rex remained one of the deadliest terrorist attacks for over…
68th Berlin International Film Festival: Dressage Review
The growing divide within social classes is a global problem, and the contemporary Iranian society is no exception. With his feature debut Dressage, director Pooya Badkoobeh brings attention to this divide from a fresh angle – through the eyes of a stubborn teen girl whose story serves to shed a light not only on the…
