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Abbas Kiarostami

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Name: Abbas Kiarostami

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

An Iranian master takes a trip to Tokyo.

When Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's A Separation won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, it was a breakthrough of sorts for his country's long-fertile national cinema. But it also came at a moment when one of the country's greatest film ... [Published Memphis Flyer - May 16 2013]

Entities: Certified Copy, Tokyo, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

International Film Fest in Aluva

The Aluva Janachithra Film Society in association with Kerala Chalachithra Academy and Federation of Film societies of India will organise the Seventh International Film festival on May 18, 19 at Jeevas Kendram, Aluva. The festival will commence with ... [Published New Indian Express - May 15 2013]

Entities: Abbas Kiarostami, Film Society, Michael Haneke

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Absolute Ruler Reflects on Life

Lars von Trier calls him Dad, the Coen brothers, Ethan and Joel, call him Uncle. Gilles Jacob, the president of the who discovered these filmmakers, rules over a family of cinema. August, remote, secretive, he is known as a man who never forgets a face, ... [Published New York Times - May 14 2013]

Entities: Lars von Trier, Laura Kasischke, Lou Ye, Claude Berri

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Like Someone in Love

This Iranian film set in Japan is an art form to aspire to, a rare piece of work that speaks volumes with every frameSophia PandeSummer is here and with it a slew of classic summer blockbusters. While I am unabashedly anticipating films like Iron Man ... [Published Nepali Times - May 10 2013]

Entities: Abbas Kiarostami, Rin Takanashi, Takashi Watanabe

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

"Like Someone in Love" directed by Abbas Kiarostami

Alan A. Stone in the Boston Review: Imagine a jealous and angry lover; his childlike girlfriend who is secretly a call girl; and her newest client, an 80-year-old retired professor. Like Someone in Love brings together this unlikely mix of characters. ... [Published 3quarksdaily - May 07 2013]

Entities: Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, Stanley Kauffmann, Ian Buruma

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Iranian film-maker Mohammad Shirvani takes aim at weighty issues

Fat Shaker, a surreal film about an obese and oppressive father and his son, is a refection on wider frustrations and corruptionThere is something about the way he breathes, about the way he carries the weight around his waist, and the way his lips hang ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Mohammad Shirvani, Maryam Palizban, Iran

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Int’l Festivals Presenting ‘Meeting Leila’

Iranian filmmaker and actor Adel Yaraqi’s latest drama ‘Meeting Leila’ has participated in two international film festivals in Argentina and Ireland.Yaraqi’s family drama was screened in the Panorama section of the Buenos Aires International Independent ... [Published Iran Daily - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Iran, Leila Hatami, Abbas Kiarostami

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Letters from our readers

The sending of strategic bombers to South Korea is a show of force. They are also a source of lethal conventional firepower. I doubt that they would be used as nuclear strike weapons. One thing the article doesn’t discuss is the nuclear firepower that ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Nuclear, Firepower, Bomber, Abbas Kiarostami, Macquarie Bank LTD

First reported Mar 08 2013 - Updated Mar 08 2013 - 1 reports

A Journey Through Iranian Cinema With Mark Cousins

Source: Typecast FilmsIn 2011, Irish author, filmmaker, and former director of Edinburgh Film Festival, Mark Cousins, ended his cinematic odyssey with the release of the 15 hour long compilation documentary: The Story of Film. For this epic project, Mark ... [Published Payvand Iran News - Mar 08 2013]

Entities: Iran, Abbas Kiarostami, Forough Farrokhzad, Ritwik Ghatak

First reported Feb 22 2013 - Updated Feb 22 2013 - 1 reports

'Love': Captivating Confusion

Director Abbas Kiarostami, a poet of the oblique, has set his latest film in a sumptuously brooding Tokyo. ... [Published WSJ.com: What's News Asia - Feb 22 2013]

Entities: Abbas Kiarostami, Tokyo

First reported Feb 15 2013 - Updated Feb 15 2013 - 1 reports

Like Someone in Love

The Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami makes elegant, formally stunning movies in which every detail counts. The placement of the camera, the composition and duration of each shot, the quality of background noise, the apparently offhanded naturalistic ... [Published Slate Magazine - Feb 15 2013]

Entities: Abbas Kiarostami, Iran

First reported Feb 12 2013 - Updated Feb 12 2013 - 1 reports

New York's Lincoln Center featuring Close Up Of Abbas Kiarostami"

DIVE INTO THE WORK OF AN IRANIAN MASTER WITH OUR RETROSPECTIVE “A CLOSE-UP OF ABBAS KIAROSTAMI”From sublime shorts and early documentaries and narratives on through a stunning string of films in the 1990s and a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration ... [Published Payvand Iran News - Feb 12 2013]

Entities: Abbas Kiarostami, Robert Koehler, Iran

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An Iranian master takes a trip to Tokyo. [Published Memphis Flyer - May 16 2013]
International Film Fest in Aluva [Published New Indian Express - May 15 2013]
Absolute Ruler Reflects on Life [Published New York Times - May 14 2013]
Like Someone in Love [Published Nepali Times - May 10 2013]
"Like Someone in Love" directed by Abbas Kiaros... [Published 3quarksdaily - May 07 2013]
Film guide [Published Poughkeepsie Journal - May 03 2013]
Capsule reviews of feature films [Published Idaho Statesman - May 02 2013]
Google wishes Satyajit Ray happy birthday with ... [Published Firstpost.com - May 02 2013]
Iranian film-maker Mohammad Shirvani takes aim ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 23 2013]
Capsule reviews of feature films [Published Idaho Statesman - Apr 18 2013]
Int’l Festivals Presenting ‘Meeting Leila’ [Published Iran Daily - Apr 17 2013]
WAM Welcomes Kronos Quartet Back to the Studio [Published Mix - Apr 16 2013]
Letters from our readers [Published World Socialist Web Site - Apr 16 2013]
A Journey Through Iranian Cinema With Mark Cousins [Published Payvand Iran News - Mar 08 2013]
'Love': Captivating Confusion [Published WSJ.com: What's News Asia - Feb 22 2013]
Like Someone in Love [Published Slate Magazine - Feb 15 2013]
New York's Lincoln Center featuring Close Up O... [Published Payvand Iran News - Feb 12 2013]
Interview with Damien Ounouri, director of Fida... [Published World Socialist Web Site - Oct 18 2012]

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"Like Someone in Love" directed by Abbas Kiaros... [Published 3quarksdaily - May 07 2013] Alan A. Stone in the Boston Review: Imagine a jealous and angry lover; his childlike girlfriend who is secretly a call girl; and her newest client, an 80-year-old retired professor. Like Someone in Love brings together this unlikely mix of characters. ...