All posts tagged "Iran"
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Cate Marquis | March 22, 2024
SHAYDA – Review
Shayda (Zar Amir Ebrahimi) flees her abusive husband in Iran, along with her six-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia),...
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Jim Batts | May 25, 2023
KANDAHAR (2023) – Review
So, where does it say that only the big studio blockbusters can rattle the multiplex over the first...
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Cate Marquis | January 7, 2022
A HERO – Review
Debtor’s prison brings Charles Dickens to mind for most of us but this Dickensian nightmare appears to be...
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Jim Batts | August 27, 2020
DESERT ONE – Review
So, who’s up for a movie history lesson? No, not about the history of cinema, but rather a...
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Jim Batts | February 6, 2014
THE PAST – The Review
More prevalent now, than perhaps anytime in history, is the combined or “blended family” when a single parent...
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Jim Batts | October 11, 2012
ARGO – The Review
So, it turns out that what is perhaps this year’s most riveting espionage thriller did not originate from the...
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Jim Batts | September 16, 2011
CIRCUMSTANCE – The Review
It’s always surprising to learn that people in faraway foreign lands really have the same dreams and desires...