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Review: 'Like Someone in Love' is elegant and mysterious
The first words in Abbas Kiarostami's sinuous and beguiling new drama are "I'm not lying to you," and they're a lie. There'll be more equivocation and feints, more quietly disorienting shifts as the Tokyo-set story's events play out among an unlikely...
Tags: Certified Copy (movie), Ella Fitzgerald, Like Someone in Love (movie), Movies, Entertainment
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Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' hooks up with Magnolia Pictures
If there were some kind of cinematic mad lib invented for maximum potential art house outrage, Danish filmmaker/provocateur Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac” -- with a cast including Charlotte Gainsbourg, Shia LaBeouf, Jamie Bell, Uma...
Tags: Shia LaBeouf, Film Festivals, Jamie Bell, Cannes Film Festival, Willem Dafoe
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What's behind Jafar Panahi's 'Closed Curtain'?
On Tuesday night at the Berlin Film Festival, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi will debut his new movie “Closed Curtain.” Panahi himself won’t be there to present it, of course; he remains under house arrest in Iran, and the premiere...
Tags: Film Festivals, Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Movies, Iran
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Iran's Kiarostami: I'm not rushing to shoot there again
24 FramesAs Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Iran continues to restrict free speech in the country, directors such as Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi have to take other steps to make movies.... -
Cannes 2012: Actor Norman Lloyd remembers Hitchcock, Renoir
24 FramesAt a recent event at the Cannes Film Festival, actor Norman Lloyd reflected on his life's work and his famous collaborators, including Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock and Jean Renoir.... -
Home theater: 'Take This Waltz,' 'Certified Copy' offer off-beat romance
24 FramesSarah Polley's "Take This Waltz" tops the list of new films available this week on Video on Demand and DVD/Blu-ray. Fans of unusual, well made romances also might want to check out "Certified Copy."... -
Cannes 2012: Cronenberg, Daniels give lineup a North American spin
24 FramesThe Cannes Film Festival's lineup was announced in Paris, with Kristen Stewart's "On the Road," Robert Pattinson's and David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" and Brad Pitt's "Killing Me Softly" in the lineup.... -
'Dog Sweat': Underground filmmaking in Iran
24 Frames"Dog Sweat" filmmaker Hossein Keshavarz made an underground film in Iran without the necessary permits from the country's censorship board.... -
Culture Watch: 'Certified Copy,' with Juliette Binoche
Culture MonsterJuliette Binoche in 'Certified Copy,' directed by Abbas Kiarostami... -
Monster Mash: Michael Jackson portrait beats estimates; 'Rent' controversy in Vegas; Met Opera's windfall
Culture Monster-- Sold / not sold: A 1984 portrait of Michael Jackson by Andy Warhol beat estimates by selling for $812,500 and a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat went unsold at a Christie's auction in New York. (Bloomberg)-- Shows must go on:...... -
Iranian expatriate artists' projects give voice to countrymen
Watching the impassioned crowds surge through Tehran's tense streets, pop singer Andy Madadian wanted to take action. But how?
An Armenian native of Iran who has lived for three decades in Los Angeles, Madadian avoids direct involvement in his homeland's...Tags: The Stoning of Soraya M. (movie), Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Tehran (Iran), Elections, Islam
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IRAN: Foreign artists, local cinematic heavyweights shun Tehran film festival
Babylon & BeyondAs Iran kicked off its biggest cinematic and cultural event of the year today, a glaring number of politically motivated no-shows became evident. Famed British film director Ken Loach (pictured) and theater director Peter Brook, also from the U.K., were.....
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