Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Jason says: “NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS doesn’t initially look remarkable; indeed, midway through it, it appears slight of frame but bloated by music videos; interesting, but trying to be two things and doing neither well. But it eventually
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Starring: Hedye Tehrani | Ismail Ghaffari | Kambiz Arshi
Beth says: “Apologies I don’t have a reference nearby and don’t exactly remember the director’s name, but he did TURTLES CAN FLY, a previous TIFF favorite. Like all of his films, this one dealt with the lives of the Kurdish
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Starring: Abdol Rahman Karim | Avaz Latif | Soran Ebrahim
Michael says: “I think trailers for foreign films about children with English-language voiceover should be BANNED! TURTLES CAN FLY follows NOBODY KNOWS with a trailer that waxes poetic about nobility, hope, inspiration… in over-sentimentalized, lyrical prose when the truth is,
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