Movie Review: 'Universal Language' needs to be seen to be believed
His “Universal Language” takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but the culture is entirely Iranian. Farsi is the spoken tongue.
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig movie review: Rasoulof makes a point even under severe peril
Mohammad Rasoulof’s film is powerful indictment of Iranian Oppression even though the solution given seems rather naive ...
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig review: Rasoulof makes point even under severe peril
Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Setareh Maleki, Mahsa Rostami, Niusha Akhshi, Reza Akhlaghirad, Shiva Ordooie, Amineh ...
Legendary French star Juliette Binoche to chair Cannes Film Fest jury
This year, for the second time in succession, a woman, brilliant French actress Juliette Binoche, would head the prestigious main competition jury. She will succeed American director Greta Gerwig, who ...
Three Compelling Films to Seek Out This February and March
This time of year, we find ourselves in a lame-duck period on the movie calendar, with much of Hollywood’s energy directed ...
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Review: Rankin’s surreal ‘Universal Language’ defies borders
It’s not unusual for a city to double for another metropolis in movies. New Yorkers have long been able to spot when Toronto ...
‘Universal Language’ Review: If Tehran Were Winnipeg
A lightly satirical and surrealist comedy imagines the snowy Canadian city in the style of the Iranian New Wave.
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The Uneven Cross-Cultural Comedy of “Paddington in Peru” and “Universal Language”
Cinematic nods abound in two tales of homecoming, one starring Paddington Bear and the other set somewhere between Canada and ...
This movie is an Oscar contender, but had to be filmed in secret
And at that point, I thought it would be very interesting to make a film about a family like his, with this profound rift at ...
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10 Questions for Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof on 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' - 'It became a question of self-respect'
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the ...
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig director Mohammad Rasoulof: ‘It became a question of self-respect’
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is now an Oscar-nominated refugee, in a bittersweet harvest for his film The Seed of the Sacred Fig. The 52-year-old has previously probed the moral cost of his ...
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Inner Blooming Springs: How a Young Georgian Filmmaker Brought Protest to Berlinale
When 22-year-old Georgian filmmaker Tiku Kobiashvili took to the streets of Tbilisi in 2024, she did not yet know that ...