Discussion of rape and suicide follows Spoilers follow When making a film about a social issue in the global south, there is always a difficult line you have to walk. For there is a risk that your fil...

In only ten minutes, Sara Goméz casts her eye over the entirety of Cuban history through the lens of the Isla del Tesoro (or Isla de Pinos, or as it is now known Isla de la Juventud). She finds centur...

It only felt right, after watching the second oldest surviving Iranian feature film, to go for the oldest, a talkie no less! I found this film far harder to access than Haji Agha, and unfortunately I ...

Alt: dante and virgil walking in hell as a devil reaches out for them

Outside of a coronation 60 second short from 1926, Iranian cinema has its origins in the 1930s. Ovanes Ohanian , who directed and starred in this film, made the first Iranian silent feature in 1930 Ab...

Content warnings: Be advised discussion of sexual slavery, rape of minors, incest, and domestic violence follows In my life, I have seen a lot of heavy and difficult films. None have plunged the depth...

In a couple of shots, in which the boss (Saber - Fedi Ben Achour) haggling with the fig orchard security guard, we see just how big the orchard is. It's massive, stretching across the hills below them...

A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.