I had watched a couple of Kiarostami’s films early on in my life and I wasn’t very enthused by his linear storytelling, long takes and mundane landscape shots. To an extent that…

I had watched a couple of Kiarostami’s films early on in my life and I wasn’t very enthused by his linear storytelling, long takes and mundane landscape shots. To an extent that…
10 Great Films That Helped Cinema Grow As An Art Form: Since the inception of the medium, films have garnered new meanings for their ever-expansive exploration over the decades. From the Soviet…
Road movies are difficult to tabulate. More so because they mirror the styles of various popular genres like comedy (It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, World), action-thriller (Mad Max), or horror (Zombieland), amongst…
The Persian title of ‘There Is No Evil’ is ‘Sheytân vojūd nadârad.’ This translates to ‘Satan does not exist.’ As I revisit the film, this reminds me of what Chloé Zhao said…
“But in the end, one needs more courage to live than to kill himself” – Albert Camus Arguably the most debated philosophical problem in history, it’s moral, ethical and religious reasonings entangled…