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Hace 3 días · What happens when cinema becomes an obsession? I explore that question and many more in this episode on Abbas Kiarostami's 1990 genre-blending film, "Close-U...
Hace 1 día · Lo que consigue Matthew Rankin (1980, Canadá) es una película que refleja su conocimiento e interés por el cine iraní, con referencias concretas como el propio vestuario de su personaje, que reproduce el del protagonista de Primer plano (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990), un cinéfilo que se hacía pasar por el director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, de manera que establece también una reflexión sobre la ...
Hace 5 días · “Savanna and the Mountain” exists somewhere on the spectrum between Bertolt Brecht and Abbas Kiarostami, capturing the villagers’ town meetings and protests in a manner that looks realistic but is actually a recreation of previous events (though the actual fight over the lithium mine remains ongoing).The distressed vignettes are intercut with protest songs that could have been ripped ...
Hace 4 días · Or Roy Andersson’s, for that matter.) And yet, if Rankin counts Abbas Kiarostami among his influences, this project proves he’s ready for his “Close-Up.”
Hace 2 días · MUBI has unveiled next month’s streaming lineup, featuring recent releases such as Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster, Tynan DeLong’s Dad & Step-Dad, and Rachel Lambert’s Sometimes I Think About Dying.Additional highlights include Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Passion, Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy, Alex Thompson’s Saint Frances (ahead of the release of Ghostlight), as well as a spotlight on ...
Hace 1 día · Cineastas como Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Samira Makhmalbaf e Jafar Panahi levaram os filmes do Irã mundo afora tornando-os internacionalmente respeitados.
Hace 1 día · Made, it claims, “In the name of friendship,” and set in a fictitious Winnipeg, Manitoba where Farsi is the official language, the film is a parade of gags firing off the screen faster than I could scribble down one-word descriptors of each, beginning with a Marx Bros. inspired riff on Abbas Kiarostami’s education films (including a young student dressed as Groucho).
