Abbas Kiarostami

Tonight’s Homework review – Kiarostami-inspired snapshot of Iran’s wealth gap
Inequality is exposed in a series of interviews with schoolkids in a heartbreaking doc that echoes Abbas Kiarostami’s documentary Homework
Cath Clarke
22, Apr, 2022 @6:00 AM

Need zing in your Zoom? Let Warhol and the avant-garde vamp up your video conferences
It’s hard to make much of a mark in the strange, static world of video-conferencing. But we could all learn a trick or two from famous arthouse film-makers, from Jim Jarmusch to Andy Warhol
Steve Rose
23, Apr, 2020 @3:00 PM

The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
Peter Bradshaw, Cath Clarke, Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
13, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

Streaming: the infinite variety of Juliette Binoche
Mubi pays tribute to one of the most magnetic actors in contemporary cinema
Guy Lodge
03, Aug, 2019 @7:00 AM

I'm a trans woman. Kiarostami's films helped me escape a prison of the mind
Films like Close-Up and Certified Copy travel across a thin line of identity separating laborer from director, lover from stranger
Veronica Esposito
03, Aug, 2019 @5:00 AM

Wheel life: the strange power of films set inside cars
The King, a documentary about the state of the US filmed from Elvis’s Rolls-Royce, is just the latest film set mostly inside a car. Is it the perfect vehicle for examining our cultural landscape?
Ryan Gilbey
23, Aug, 2018 @2:42 PM

From Hidden to In the Mood for Love: why the 2000s are my favourite film decade | Peter Bradshaw
Featuring Coen brothers masterpieces and an astonishing run by Michael Haneke, this was the decade in which film rediscovered its history – and explored its future – thanks to digital technology
Peter Bradshaw
26, Mar, 2018 @5:00 AM

What’s the scariest tune at the Cannes festival? (Clue: it’s all around us) | Peter Bradshaw
These notes signal something menacing and malign. Yes, it’s the unmistakable, jarring little marimba of the iPhone ringtone
Peter Bradshaw
24, May, 2017 @4:51 PM

24 Frames review – a mesmeric glimpse into Abbas Kiarostami's mysterious mind
The Iranian director has produced a posthumous marvel with this bizarre, experimental ghost-film that even puts his hated cinema seats to decent use
Xan Brooks
23, May, 2017 @2:19 PM

Heavy hitters and hot tickets: Cannes 2017 is as mouthwatering as ever | Peter Bradshaw
Michael Haneke’s Happy End leads the charge for this year’s Palme d’Or, but there are tasty spectacles on the Croisette wherever you look
Peter Bradshaw
13, Apr, 2017 @12:27 PM

Cannes film festival 2017: full list of films
The official selection has been announced for the 70th Cannes film festival in May 2017. Here are all the titles screening
Guardian film
13, Apr, 2017 @11:02 AM

Abbas Kiarostami remembered at Oscars ceremony
The late Iranian director has been commemorated in the Academy Awards’ In Memoriam montage
Catherine Shoard
27, Feb, 2017 @4:23 AM
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