Iranian comedy/ drama Hit the Road is a wonderfully poignant, funny, at times melancholic and unsettling film that at first seems like a familiar road trip film with echoes of Little Miss Sunshine but proves to be something more profound. The film introduces us to a distinct and very welcome new voice in writer/ director Panah Panahi, the son of
Read moreIranian director Asghar Farhadi is one of the great auteurs of contemporary cinema. His distinctly low-key humanist dramas immerse us in the minutiae of Iranian people’s lives and through their stories he subtly but powerfully explores aspects of Iranian society, culture and politics. His latest film, the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winner, A Hero, is no different and has
Read moreIranian director Ashgar Farhadi’s The Salesman recently won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Farhadi caused the evening’s second most controversial moment when he refused to appear because of his disapproval of the US government’s travel ban on citizens from selected countries. Instead he had an Iranian-American engineer Anousheh Ansari read a powerful statement about the dangers of divisiveness.
Read moreIt’s been a good year for horror films and this week ‘Built For Speed’ takes a look at Iranian spook fest Under the Shadow. We also investigate some equally scary creatures, Wall Street bankers in the financial drama Equity. There’s a feast of fine music as we delve into some new releases, indie rock classics, more of our favourite songs
Read moreThis week on ‘Built For Speed’ it’s a movie fest as we review the latest blockbusters and art house fare. We’ll let you know whether the remake of the Magnificent Seven is worthy of the famed original and you’re cinema dollar. We’ll also investigate Iranian drama Wednesday May 9 and a Wall Street backstabbing frenzy in Equity. On the music
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