This article was originally published in June 2023. Thanks to a renewed interest in Iranian cinema among movie lovers, we are republishing it with two additional films. For centuries, poetry was ...

Secret Service finds 17 'skimming' devices in tour of San Antonio businesses Unearthed records expose Swalwell campaign's ...

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” an Oscar-nominated movie filmed in secret in Iran, highlights the Iranian film world’s groundbreaking new work, inspired by the women-led protests in 2022. By Farnaz ...

The Iranian director Marva Nabili’s first feature gets a weeklong run at Brooklyn Academy of Music. By J. Hoberman A hidden landmark from 1977, Marva Nabili’s first feature, “The Sealed Soil,” was ...