Tag Archives: Asghar Farhadi

A Hero review — The dilemma of free money

January 28, 2022 flawintheiris

Original title: Ghahreman | Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi | 127 min | Amazon Prime | ▲▲▲▲△ Rahim Soltani (Amir Jadidi) is a painter and calligrapher in debtors prison in the Iranian city of Shiraz, famed as the site of the ancient city of Persepolis — Soltani's brother-in-law works helping maintain the ruins. While out… Read More

Everybody Knows review — Family melodrama trumps suspense

March 12, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi | 133 min | Netflix Two of Iranian auteur Farhadi's last three features won the Best Foreign Film Oscar, A Separation in 2011 and The Salesman in 2016. In between those two was The Past, also excellent. Farhadi is a humanist filmmaker, who roots his social realist tales in character and family. They… Read More

#AFF2016 — The Salesman (Forushande), A Song For You, Unless reviews

September 20, 2016 flawintheiris

The Salesman (Forushande) Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi | 125 min Farhadi is a genius storyteller. He's a filmmaker whose work I stumbled only a few years ago but have followed keenly since. I loved A Separation and The Past, and The Salesman compares favourably to both. In it he returns to Tehran, telling the story… Read More

Top 10 Movies of 2013

January 3, 2014 flawintheiris

I measure the best movies of any year by a visceral reaction: When I walk out of the cinema (or away from my home screen, as the case may be) how much do I want to see it a second time, and how soon? Rewatchability is important. With that in mind, please find below a… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2013: Day 4: Le Passé (The Past), Touchy Feely

September 16, 2013 flawintheiris

You know how when you're seeing a great dramatic movie, and I mean great, the screening room is totally silent, like everyone's holding their breath? That's what it was like for the 130 minutes of Le Passé in Park Lane Cinema 3 last night.The film, the new drama from Asghar Farhadi, director of the Oscar-winning A… Read More