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GABBEH (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)
Life is color! Love is color! Old persons have their histories, and these are a part of a people’s history. An elderly couple bicker one morning as to which of them should clean and wash their most pr… more →
Dennis Grunes
Venice Film Festival 2009: Green Days by Hana Makhmalbaf
Jujunaz wrote 3 months ago: Original Photos: Makhmalbaf.com The 66th Venice Film Festival’s list of participating films ha … more →
Makhmalbaf Speaks About the Future of Iran's Democratic Movement
Jujunaz wrote 5 months ago: Original Photo via Makhmalbaf.com By Julie Jigsawnovich On July 9th, 2009 Iranian filmmaker Mohsen M … more →
Donderdag: een mogelijke Rozenrevolutie in Iran?
zerdost wrote 5 months ago: Bronnen: LA Times, Facebook, eigen bronnen – Foto Yves Logghe/AP De Iranese regisseur Mohsen M … more →
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures at MFAH
kristenkouk wrote 7 months ago: Expecting jewels, gems and garnets, I was let down today by Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the N … more →
Kandahar - Movie Review
rishio wrote 1 year ago: Kandahar – Movie Review The best part of Kandahar is that it has been shot so realistically, one doe … more →
GABBEH (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: Life is color! Love is color! Old persons have their histories, and these are a part of a people’s h … more →
Windows on Iran 1
Fatemeh Keshavarz wrote 1 year ago: The City of Tehran Dear Friends, Thank you for you warm reception of my update on Iran. I started re … more →
THE CYCLIST (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1987) and ELEPHANT (Alan Clarke, 1988)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: These two films are failures for much the same reason. From Iran, Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Bicycleran is … more →
THE APPLE (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1997)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: Please see, in context, the CODA to my piece on Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-up, which you will fi … more →
At Five In The Afternoon : A Review
mahasweta wrote 1 year ago: “At Five In The Afternoon” is the second film of Samireh Makhmalbaf that I watched.I do … more →
AT FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2003)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: Written by Iran’s Mohsen Makhmalbaf and daughter Samira, Panj é asr is a compassionate film about po … more →
NUN VA GOLDOON (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)
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grunes wrote 2 years ago: I haven’t the faintest idea what Nun va Goldoon means in English, but an online Farsi-English dictio … more →
BLACKBOARDS (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000)
grunes wrote 2 years ago: The following is one of the entries from my 100 Greatest Asian Films list, which I invite you to vis … more →
KANDAHAR (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 2001)
grunes wrote 2 years ago: The following is one of the entries from my 100 Greatest Asian Films list, which I invite you to vis … more →
THE SILENCE (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1998)
grunes wrote 2 years ago: Certain references in this old piece pertaining to people’s ages no longer apply. Time marches … more →
CLOSE-UP (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)
grunes wrote 2 years ago: Captivating, fascinating, warm-hearted, Close-up (Nema-ye Nazdik) staked out the claim, made for him … more →
