Class Divide, Even at the Barbershop/ Alireza Goodarzi

Last month, Nasser Taghvai passed away. For our generation, Taghvai was a director whose every film was made with a precise and committed eye on society, and the stunning details of his work spilled beyond the frame of cinema and television. For decades now, some of the catchphrases from his TV series Dāyi Jān Napoleon […]...

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Radiant Light of Alaa: The Iranian government fears feminism like a giant / Siavash Khorramgah

  Conversation with Siavash Khoramgah Is Iranian cinema currently successful? What is the position of women in this cinema? What is the status of feminism in Iranian cinema? These are among the questions that have been raised in the conversation of peace talks with the enlightening presence of Ala, a researcher, poet, and literary critic, […]...

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