Stars Mahsa Rostami and Setareh Maleki tell IndieWire about how Mohammad Rasoulof convinced them to star in the Iranian ...

Universal Language” is delightfully absurdist, with little moments in each story that both make sense yet defy expectations.

Written and directed by director Matthew Rankin, the comedy presents a Persian-language-inflected Canada, getting at timely ...

A lightly satirical and surrealist comedy imagines the snowy Canadian city in the style of the Iranian New Wave.

This time of year, we find ourselves in a lame-duck period on the movie calendar, with much of Hollywood’s energy directed ...

Tehran comes to Winnipeg in 'Universal Language,' Matthew Rankin's singular gem about cross-cultural exchange.

Shot entirely in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, centers on a family thrust into the public eye when Iman is appointed as an investigating judge in ...

With deep influences from the French and Iranian New Waves, Universal Language is equal parts a moving experience and a ...

One of Canada's most idiosyncratic fantasists discusses the links between Iranian cinema, architecture, and cultural exchange.

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