Congratulations to Jafar Panahi for winning the Golden Palm in Cannes for his new movie It Was Just An Accident, perhaps the crowning achievement of his already long and illustrious career.
Yeah, I like most of the Iranian movies I’ve seen. I am particularly fond of some movies by the late great Abbas Kiarostaimi, with The Taste of Cherry (1997) and The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) being some of my all-time favorites.
I've seen 'Offside', Taxi and 'This Is Not a Film'. Plus his son's 'Hit the Road'. I'll definitely watch these.
Persian cinema is terrific, Dir Asghar Farhadi in particular i.e., 'The Past', About Elly' 'The Salesman' etc.
Other excellent movies are 'Turtles Can Fly', 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig', 'Holy Spider', and 'Just 6.5'.
On a different note, the American-Iranian immigrant family comedy, 'The Persian Version' was a hoot.
Yeah, I like most of the Iranian movies I’ve seen. I am particularly fond of some movies by the late great Abbas Kiarostaimi, with The Taste of Cherry (1997) and The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) being some of my all-time favorites.
I wasn't overboard on 'Cherry' but appreciated 'Like Someone in Love' and 'Ten'.
PS: I did a marathon watch of 'Dept Q' yesterday. I liked that they took time to build the characters.