Ali Atshani’s Upcoming Film 1st Born Will Make History
Earlier this month there was an interesting news tidbit as regards Iranian film: Netflix had chosen to distribute Wishbone, a new movie by accomplished director
Earlier this month there was an interesting news tidbit as regards Iranian film: Netflix had chosen to distribute Wishbone, a new movie by accomplished director
There has been a lot of talk about the upcoming Disney remake of Aladdin over the few weeks. On August 4th it was announced that
Comedian and actor Maz Jobrani is officially ON FIRE! On the heels of his well-received Netflix premiere (‘Immigrant’), The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced that Jobrani
There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Ideene Dehdashti, but that’s all about to change. The Michigan born Iranian-American comedian/actor recently created a really funny
Having appeared in hit shows like, Homeland, Iron Man, and The Kite Runner (just to name a few), the Iranian born actor is no stranger to the big stage
Kaveh Mazaheri’s Iranian short film Retouch was nominated for not just one but two awards at the Michael Moore founded Traverse City Film Festival. Nominated for the “Audience
Young Iranian-American actress Medalion Rahimi has been learning to be herself, and it’s been landing her roles. From her start as a young model and
There’s something of a notorious trend with the wives and girlfriends of celebrities: headlines which proclaim their achievements inextricable to the shadows of their partners.
The US government and Hollywood have always been close. Washington DC has long been a source of intriguing plots for filmmakers and LA has been
We have seen Babak Najafi direct many successful films, including London Has Fallen, but his soon to be released Sony Pictures Entertainment film Proud Mary may outshine them
Netflix has released the official trailer for ‘Immigrant,’ the hourlong Maz Jobrani special that covers political humor about being an immigrant in the era of
Omid Djalili, the award winning 51 year-old Anglo-Iranian actor/comedian just starred in an adaptation of the popular musical, “Fiddler on the Roof.” The musical tells
Taraneh Alidoosti’s star continues to rise as one of Iran’s finest actresses, and The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) saw fit to improve this awareness here
Iranian-born tennis legend Mansour Bahrami is getting a movie biopic and it can’t come out soon enough! As a professional tennis player Bahrami was only
Acclaimed filmmaker Anup Singh’s “The Song of Scorpions,” starring Indian actor Irrfan Khan and Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, will premiere at the 70th Locarno International Film
I’m not going to say much about “Shahs Of Sunset” because it’s beneath our dignity to read or write about what has to be, the most idiotic
Game of Thrones! Westworld! Yes, that’s right, this Iranian composer, born in Duisburg, Germany, to an Iranian father and a German mother, has created musical scores for arguably two of the
The rotoscoped animated film has a varied history, from Ralph Bakshi’s seminal Lord of the Ring’s film, Richard Linklater’s existential dream-narrative Waking Life, and the
Throughout eight episodes, American Gods on the STARZ network has introduced its viewership to a variety of unconventionally realized cultural images. Whether it’s a slave
Nearly thirty years later, Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s heavily censored film is finding new audiences A year after Ayatollah Khomeini’s death in 1989, and in the wake of
Nazanin Boniadi is many things. Actor. SAG Award nominee. Activist. Council on Foreign Relations Term Member. And now, she can add Academy Member to the
Yara Shahidi turned seventeen this year, and has accomplished much more before her eighteenth birthday than most. As a standout star on the award-winning ABC
As the world reverberated with the news of Iran’s lifted sanctions, the Fajr International Film Festival recently unveiled its official selection of films for 2016.
It was amusing and a bit odd to watch the crowd of spectators in an Iranian basketball arena chanting “Kevin, Kevin.” Rarely in U.S. media
Backseat Tehran is a 9 minute car ride experience through the streets of Tehran. The footage was taken with a hand held ipad camera in