Film and Theatre

Filmed in secret, Jeff Kaufman’s portrait of the Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh captures her ongoing battles for the rights of women, children and minorities.

Made in America with an eye for export to Iran, Kourosh Ahari’s impressive feature debut terrorizes a couple staying at L.A.’s Hotel Normandie.

Maryam Mirzakhani, Fields medallist and Iranian national hero, is celebrated in an elegant documentary. http://www.zalafilms.com/secrets/

Iranian filmmaker Khosrow Sinai passed away in August from COVID-19, leaving behind an important and eye-opening document of Polish exodus during the Second World War. His documentary The Lost Requiem...

The U.S. and Iran have had contentious relations ever since the Iranian Revolution in the late 1970s overthrowing the shah, and the subsequent hostage crisis — in which militants held...

The Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami is widely regarded as one of the great modern filmmakers, but if you discovered him at a particular peak of his international recognition — when he shared...

Comedy helps ease tense conversations, and whether he is on stage or on screen, opposite Rita Wilson, Iranian American artist Maz Jobrani always finds a way to use humor to...

There are a lot of plastic surgery reality shows out there but there’s a good chance that the latest, Netflix’s Skin Decision, will probably be your next obsession. The show...

‘Fauda’ scribe Moshe Zander’s personal and geopolitical series about Israel’s shadow war with Iran stars ‘Homeland’ alum Shaun Toub and Navid Negahban and Niv Sultan. The world hardly needs more...

Kiarostami’s accomplishments are all the more remarkable when the viewer considers how simple his films appear to be.

Taghi Amirani’s deeply researched documentary focuses on the crucial 1953 Anglo-American-engineered regime change in Iran.

With a flourishing film career both here and in France, the Iranian-born actress (and April Vogue cover star) Golshifteh Farahani, 35, is often on the move.

‘Period. End of Sentence.’ is nominated for Best Documentary – Short Subject and was directed by a woman: Rayka Zehtabchi, a 25-year-old Iranian-American director.

The star of ‘Counterpart’ and ‘Hotel Mumbai’ on representing Middle Eastern women on- and offscreen.

Writing and directing a suspense thriller that explores complex family dynamics is not an easy undertaking. Imagine doing it in a foreign language and country.

Iranian-American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan’s six-episode series “The Bisexual” debuted on Hulu in November with surprisingly little to no fanfare.

Desiree Akhavan’s nuanced show about a lesbian who comes out as bi explores how we all can become our true selves through sex. “Sex is complicated,” Leila, the Iranian-American hero of...