Review: Desiree Akhavan Finds Her Way With “Appropriate Behavior”
Imagining a Brooklyn where everybody is waiting to be somebody, a new filmmaker stands out.
Tag: Iran
Interview: Ana Lily Amirpour on Finding Her Own Path With “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night”
The writer/director talks about her seductive gothic fairy tale about a lonely vampire looking for companionship in Iran and how making it h...
Interview: Asghar Farhadi on Processing “The Past”
The Oscar-winning Iranian director talks about moving to France for his latest drama.
Interview: Marjane Satrapi on Putting Spice into “Chicken With Plums” and What’s Cooking With “The Eleventh Laureate”
The graphic novelist and "Persepolis" filmmaker discusses making the transition from animation to live-action for her latest and why everyth...
Interview: Asghar Farhadi on Bringing Audiences Into “A Separation”
The writer/director of what we consider to be the year's finest film discusses the single image that inspired it, when audiences became a pa...