Posts Tagged ‘Amir Jadidi’
Film Review – A Hero
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero (2021) is simply brilliant. It is an intricate examination of how decency, compassion, and honor can bend in the face of desperation. Just as he did in his Oscar-winning A Separation (2011), Farhadi paints his narrative so that there are no good guys or…
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Top 15 Films of 2021 – Allen’s Picks
2021 felt like a year that was in a constant state of limbo. The Covid-19 pandemic has gripped the world for nearly two full years, and while some parts of society have started adjusting to a new way of living, it always felt like a…
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SIFF Double Feature – A Dragon Arrives! and Bad Black
A Dragon Arrives!: I am 99% sure this film is loaded with subtext, but since I know nothing about Iran in the 1960s, I have no idea what it is. But there’s a ton of text to deal with, so I will do just that.…
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