After years of being banned from leaving Iran, filmmaker Jafar Panahi is enjoying his tour of the United States -- visiting Los Angeles, New York and Telluride -- as he promotes his Oscar-hopeful "It ...

Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for ...

The Iranian film “Ropewalker Memories” directed by Hamed Rajabi won an award at the 5th Rojava International Film Festival, ...

The film grants hope for the women of Iran through its thick-skinned subject, putting her resume and grit on display.

Abbas Nezamdoost and the team behind ‘Duality’ discuss the risks of underground filmmaking in post-revolutionary Iran as the ...

Jafar Panahi sits down with Golden Gate Xpress and opens up about his Palme d’Or winning film, “It Was Just an Accident.

Ranking the best directors of all time is tough, but it has to include the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock, and ...

Jafar Panahi will hold a Q&A after a Nov. 20 showing of his new film at SIFF Cinema Uptown. Panahi has been imprisoned ...

"1001 Frames," which screened at Thessaloniki Film Festival this week, is composed of a series of creepy scenes from auditions conducted in Tehran, Iran. But it could be any city. During the auditions ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...