J.B. Spins

Somehow Abbas Kiarostami found a way to rise above the extreme manifestations of politics and ideology that have bedeviled Iran for decad...

If a pre-Islamic Persian king and an Armenian princess cannot make love work, than what hope does anyone have?  Considered the rough Per...

Japan is a part of Asia, an obvious but convenient fact for Abbas Kiarostami.  After the elegant Tuscan setting of Certified Copy , it ...

When your attention is divided, you say things you might not ordinarily—like say when driving in heavy traffic.  That is more or less th...

Yasujiro Ozu had a deft touch when it came to directing children.  It would therefore make perfect sense the auteur’s work has deep reso...

Japan is a part of Asia, an obvious but convenient fact for Abbas Kiarostami.  After the elegant Tuscan setting of Certified Copy , it ...

It is a major international auteur’s first production outside his native Iran, featuring a British opera singer in his on-screen acting debu...

The Iranian government’s record on human rights is certainly lacking, but anything less than a completely equitable distribution of the coun...

It is a major auteur’s first production outside his native Iran, featuring a British opera singer in his on-screen acting debut. Fittingly, ...