“Where is the Friend’s Home“ by Abbas Kiarostami begins with a class room scene. The teacher while doing his usual chores starts checking the home work. After checking few works he f… more →
gaze-mazedcairns wrote 3 weeks ago: My review of the latest Kiarostami film, SHIRIN, is online over at the Auteurs’ Notebook. It … more →
sia360 wrote 1 month ago: It is all because of my fascination with perhaps arguable and no doubt problematic ideas of pre-me … more →
Just Another Film Buff wrote 4 months ago: Five Dedicated To Ozu (2003) (aka Five) Abbas Kiarostami Silent “…” Here is … more →
chesocks wrote 10 months ago: Still jet-lagged, I watched this movie at 7 this morning. After having seen A Taste of Cherry, I was … more →
Benito Vergara wrote 10 months ago: There isn’t a single boring moment in Abbas Kiarostami’s Five, but it’s difficult … more →
Benito Vergara wrote 10 months ago: In Ten, Abbas Kiarostami provides the viewer with the most spartan of setups: one car, one woman, tw … more →
indfusion wrote 1 year ago: Well, to continue, here are some movies which aren’t explicitly about making movies but are, or can … more →
makingonemorestar wrote 1 year ago: I had left to kill myself and I came back with mulberries. from the movie Taste of Cherry, by … more →
Adam wrote 1 year ago: A brilliant argument for the use of digital video by one of the world’s foremost artists of th … more →
driftwood wrote 1 year ago: “Where is the Friend’s Home“ by Abbas Kiarostami begins with a class room scene. T … more →
driftwood wrote 1 year ago: Taste of Cherry – Abbas Kiarostami The movie begins with Mr. Badii moving around in his car, … more →
HQ19:7 wrote 1 year ago: IRIB correspondent, Mehdi Garamifard interviewed Congressman Dennis Kucinich. These comments were ex … more →
GHJ wrote 2 years ago: A short that says more about human compassion and patience in 4 minutes and 11 seconds than any film … more →
GHJ wrote 2 years ago: Iranian director Abbas Kiarotami and his small crew travel to Uganda in early 2001 to document the A … more →
GHJ wrote 2 years ago: The protagonists of Abbas Kiarostami’s films are in constant motion, both physically and emoti … more →
GHJ wrote 2 years ago: With this deeply challenging and beautiful film, director Abbas Kiarostami explores the unspoken mom … more →
GHJ wrote 2 years ago: The cinema of Abbas Kiarostami will be my main focus over the course of the next month. Having only … more →
GHJ wrote 2 years ago: Cinematic silence is rare these days. I always gripe that few movies actually use silence to further … more →