From a gentle homage to Abbas Kiarostami to the most violent adaptation of "Hamlet" ever staged, here are the 10 best movies that have been released in America so far this year. 2025 was — and ...

The legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami once wryly remarked that he prefers “the films that put their audience to sleep in the theater.” Frequently taken out of context, Kiarostami ...

It featured artworks by celebrated figures in Iranian cinema, including filmmakers Abbas Kiarostami, Tahmineh Milani, and Masoud Kimiai, actresses Niki Karimi and Nazanin Bayati, actors Hamid Jebeli, ...

"[There's] This [Abbas] Kiarostami movie called Close-Up I love a lot," she said. Based on true events, the drama follows a man who impersonated Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf and conned his ...

Kiarostami might've had a word or two to say about Alex Garland, whose latest vision of American dystopia is uncharacteristically situated in our real-life and immediate past. Warfare is set ...

In his two-hour Qumra masterclass, Salles referenced the influence of filmmakers including Michelangelo Antonioni, Abbas Kiarostami and Robert Redford – the latter of whom suggested that he ...

From a gentle homage to Abbas Kiarostami to the most violent adaptation of "Hamlet" ever staged, here are the 10 best movies that have been released in America so far this year.

"[There's] This [Abbas] Kiarostami movie called Close-Up I love a lot," she revealed. Close-Up, based on real-life events, tells the story of a man who impersonates Iranian filmmaker Mohsen ...