Never before has the Islamic Republic’s inevitable lack of a future been felt so clearly or so tangibly as it is today.

Sixteen days into the new wave of anti-government nationwide protests in Iran, at least 648  protesters, including nine children under the age of 18, have been killed, and thousands injured.

Rasoulof’s 2-hour-and-45-minute thriller keeps viewers on edge, weaving a tightly structured and deeply layered narrative. Every frame is packed with meaning, and the film dissects its themes with sur...

Within the Conclave assembly, just as in societies everywhere, opposing viewpoints clash fiercely in the quest for power. On one side stands Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto), representing a far-right, rac...

The sweet feeling of failure when you had always feared it. You had never failed , or at least that’s what you thought.

A girl descends with a parachute into a barren and unfamiliar land. After her first steps and glances around, she wants to know where she is.

Moonlight spilled through the window onto the bed, illuminating her face as she gazed up at me, her eyes fixed on mine, her features glowing moon-like. The radiance of her skin under that special ligh...

A Film Beyond Simple Judgment - “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” is a strange and unconventional film, a quality that makes judging it difficult.

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The phoenix’s only solace is death, for in order to be born, it first wishes to die. It is both its own child and its own parent, and also its own heir.It is both nurse and infant. In truth, it is its...

Sara, 25, sits blindfolded in an interrogation room. Across the table, two middle-aged interrogators, one male named Kamali and the other female named Fatemeh, exchange glances.

I stand upon the terrace of a house high in the Hollywood Hills, gazing out over the emerald slopes below and the vast expanse of Los Angeles stretching into the distance.

When you have nothing, no matter how proud or stubborn you are, eventually the advice you hear here and there—in the media, on the internet, or in the news—starts to affect you. You’re compelled to pa...

In chapter 11 of Children of Stonewall (published in 2018,) Arthur, the novel’s protagonist, envisions a dark future for America. In his vision, the ultra-right—fanatic evangelicals, homophobes, white...