While many fans lie in wait for the delayed 8th season of Game of Thrones, the series’ indispensable Iranian-German composer Ramin Djawadi is exploring new
2013 saw the debut of Marvel’s first Muslim superhero headliner, 16-year old Pakistani American Kamala Khan, a/k/a the new Ms. Marvel. Khan has become a
YouTube Red, the streaming giant’s premium ad-free service, has been around for a while now and, while several high-profile original creations have been promoted and
Babak Anvari—whose culturally-specific, domestically haunted horror thriller Under the Shadow released back in 2016 to critical praise—has a new untitled film project on its way.
Banners have a broader, more powerful presence in contemporary American life than ever before. The new exhibition “Word on the Street,” which is now available
The Contemporary and Modern Art (CAMA) Gallery has been making waves as it approaches its London opening, with preemptive engagements celebrating the work of internationally
As Berlinale drew to a close, some of its attending Iranian productions were investigated by attending journalists to impressive results. Now, Pooya Badkoobeh’s debut drama
The Village Voice reports of a massive retrospective of the work of filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei at the Anthology Film Archives, under the title “Documentary, Iranian
HBO’s highly anticipated new feature-length film Fahrenheit 451—an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s seminal science fiction novel about societal control through widespread governmentally imposed anti-literacy—was just
Local Wisconsin filmmaker Hamidreza Nassiri just wrapped her second annual Wisconsin Iranian Film Festival. Serving as the festival’s organizer, Nassiri is also a teaching assistant
Mani Haghighi’s Khook (“Pig”) has now been screened at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival (a/k/a Berlinale), already garnering attention and praise. Variety sat down
Many might know the name Marjane Satrapi from her best-selling autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis, which engendered a well-received animated film by the same name in
Readers of The Iranian will be familiar with HP Parvizian, whose heroic volunteering we previously detailed in a post last year. As a franchise operator
PBS’ long-running public affairs program Frontline has just kicked off Bitter Rivals, a 2-part docu-series which will investigate the Iranian-Saudi conflict. With the first episode
Multilingual singer/songwriter Sarah Khatami has a new video to share off of her debut self-titled EP. “This Time” is the first of the EP’s five
Last year we wrote about Iranian-German composer Ramin Djawadi, whose contributions to the soundtracks for Westworld and Game of Thrones have become thriving and indispensable
The Fajr Film Festival’s reach extends beyond the event itself—movie theaters in Iran, seeking to follow the energy of the awards, are expanding screenings for
Updates on the future of Karan Vafadari and his wife Afarin Neyssari have been infrequent and grim, but a recent letter written by Karan outlines
Veteran comedian and actor Akbar Abdi was honored with a Golden Simorgh at this most recent Fajr Film Festival, but there’s yet no sign of
The big film news in Iran this week primarily concerns the momentous winners honored at the Fajr Film Festival. Among the winning nominees, two films
Reports of Qorban Mohammadpour’s newest film continue to roll out, and The Devil’s Daughter should be entering production soon. The Devil’s Daughter is Mohammadpour’s follow-up
Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Hatamikia was in attendance to present his new film At Damascus Time, recently screened at the Fajr Film Festival in Tehran. The
Kurdish-Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi has made a name for himself with his radical films, but he’s paid the price for it. In a report for
February in Chicago means a return to the city’s annual festival celebrating the films of Iran. Held at the Gene Siskel Film Center at the
A beloved friend is leaving the country and he’s never coming back, a decision his two Iranian expat friends decide to fully thwart, best they
