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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Ebrahim Azizi | Hadis Pakbaten | Majid Panahi | Mariam Afshari | Vahid Mobasseri
Cobi says: “A deeply human film with more humor — even occasional slapstick — than I expected. Knowing it was made in the shadow of political imprisonment gives it added weight, but it stands firmly on its own. The film
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Rating: 4.25 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Bakhtiyar Panjeei | Jafar Panahi | Mina Kavani | Narges Delaram | Vahid Mobasseri
Diane says: “NO BEARS is the latest from Jafar Panahi, the outlawed Iranian director. I’m still wondering about the tone of the film: I took much of it to be hilarious satire, but I’m not sure that it actually is.
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Director: Anthony Chen | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | David Lowery | Dominga Sotomayor | Jafar Panahi | Laura Poitras | Malik Vitthal
Starring: Catherine Machovsky | Donyu Zhou | Yay Yay Bobby Jones | Yu Zhang
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Jafar Panahi
Bruce says: “So cleverly crafted is Jafar Panahi’s TAXI that it could easily be mistaken for a documentary. Winner of the 2015 Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, TAXI is another creative response from Panahi (THIS IS NOT A
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi | Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Bruce says: “Although I am not a huge fan of the two Panahi films I have seen (THE WHITE BALOON and THE CIRCLE), the director’s personal story has grabbed my attention. A poster child for freedom in art and human
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Azita Rayeji | Hossain Emadeddin | Kamyar Sheisi
Michael says: “CRIMSON GOLD is the latest film by Iranian director Jafar Panahi (THE CIRCLE) written by Abbas Kiarostami (TEN, A TASTE OF CHERRY.) This circular film examines the class inequities in Iran in a similar way to Panahi’s THE
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Rating: 4.75 cats
Director: Jafar Panahi
Starring: Fereshteh Sadr Orfani | Maryiam Palvin Almani | Nargess Mamizadeh
Diane says: “I finally saw THE CIRCLE, and think it’s excellent. The way the story slides from one woman to another is great, and I loved the constant close-ups, and the cinematography in general. I had to laugh to myself:
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