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Film-maker Jafar Panahi begins hunger strike in Iranian prison

Panahi says he will not eat until he is released, after lawyer successfully challenged his detention

The Guardian - UK

Iran Probes Sexual Assault Allegations on Teens

Iran's sports minister has ordered a probe into allegations of sexual assault targeting teenagers at a football academy in the country's northeast, state media reported Saturday. "A former media manager for the Shahr Khodro football team has claimed on social media that the parents of 15 players from this club…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Here’s What to Expect from Tuesday’s Oscar Nominations

There were, admittedly, some notable distractions at last year’s ceremony, so you might have missed it: The old Oscar rules have gone out the window. A film, streamed by Apple TV+, won Hollywood’s top award without a penny of box office. But this year — plot twist! — there isn’t…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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‘No Bears’ review: From Iran, a master class in house-arrest filmmaking from Jafar Panahi

The facts are stark.

Chicago Tribune

Here's what to expect from Tuesday's Oscar nominations

There were, admittedly, some notable distractions at last year’s ceremony, so you might have missed it: The old Oscar rules have gone out the window

The Independent UK

AP Top 25 Movies: Breaking down our panelists' picks

Fiercely original films, female-focused stories and theatrical-first releases had the clear edge in The Associated Press’s inaugural Top 25 Movies list

The Independent UK

Ranked: 12 best Asian films of 2022, with trailers

Tom Cruise and James Cameron may be vying for global box office dominance this year, but there has been no shortage of films emerging from Asia to delight, inspire and provoke audiences around the world.

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An Iranian masterwork opens with its director behind bars

After being arrested for creating antigovernment propaganda in 2010, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi was banned from making films for 20 years

The Independent UK

The best movies of 2022 — and where to find them

The movies returned at something close to full force this year. COVID masks all but vanished from multiplex crowds, and from the audiences at the press screenings I attended (though I kept mine handy). Sundance did cancel its in-person screenings for the second January in a row, thanks to the…

Los Angeles Times

Film: Mark Kermode’s 10 best of 2022

From Hindi crime drama to medieval teen empowerment, Graceland to Bradford to Iran, the year was rich in unforgettable performances

The Guardian - UK

'Aftersun,' 'Banshees' lead AP's best films of 2022

Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr have made their picks for the best films of the year

The Independent UK

Iran confiscates filmmaker’s passport and bars him from participating in Indian film festival, report says

Tehran-based filmmaker’s passport seized at airport

The Independent UK

The Euros 2024: the 12 best football films of all time, from Bend It Like Beckham to Gregory's Girl

Want more footy? We have you covered with these top films about the sport

Evening Standard

No Bears review – Jafar Panahi’s piercingly self-aware study of film-making and fear

The Iranian director, who was imprisoned in July, crafts a complex meditation on artistic creativity and invisible borders

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No Bears movie review: Jafar Panahi’s urgent take on Iran’s culture wars

A statement of intent from a director, imprisoned by the Iranian judiciary, who is determined to keep the cameras rolling

The Guardian - UK

No Bears review – Jafar Panahi heads for the border in complex metafiction of fear

Jailed director Jafar Panahi plays a version of himself, forced to shoot his new film in a town near the border with Turkey

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Godland,’ set in Iceland, wins top award at Chicago film festival

The Gold Hugo winner also claims a Silver Hugo for its cinematography.

The Independent UK

‘The worst hours’: Evin prison fire raises fears about people jailed during Iran’s anti-regime protests

Thousands of people have been detained during the month-long uprising

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Crackdown on Filmmakers Escalates

One year after ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi came to power, Iranian authorities are targeting the country's cinema. The July arrests of directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, both icons abroad, reflect the pressure that filmmakers and actors are facing. The Iranian film community has been asking "who will be next?"…

France 24

‘A period of repression’: Iran’s crackdown on filmmakers escalates

ABC News

Hit the Road: Iranian family road trip film is a worthy inheritor of the mantle of Jafar Panahi, Abbas Kiarostami

With Hit the Road, the son of an imprisoned Iranian master filmmaker Jafar Panahi picks up his father’s mantle.

The Independent UK

New York Film Festival sets lineup for 60th edition

The New York Film Festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a robust 32-film main slate and a number of hometown tales, including James Gray’s Queens coming-of-age drama “Armageddon Time” and Laura Poitras’ documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about artist Nan Goldin’s battle against the Sackler family

Asharq Al-Awsat

From Cruz to Blanchett: Venice Serves Up Film Festival Stars

The Venice Film Festival will welcome stars from Penelope Cruz to Cate Blanchett and host world premieres from directors Darren Aronofsky, Alejandro Inarritu and Luca Guadagnino, organizers said Tuesday. A total of 23 movies are in competition for the Golden Lion, the top prize awarded to the best film on…

The Guardian - UK

Hit the Road review – all of Iranian life on four wheels

Panah Panahi juggles joy, heartbreak and surreal humour in a road movie his imprisoned father would be proud of

The Guardian - UK

Hit the Road review – irrepressible defiance in beautifully composed debut feature

Directed by Panah Panahi, the son of jailed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, this tense family drama is drenched in a subtle but urgent political meaning

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