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Home » Abbas Kiarostami

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Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: What do kids know?

by Ben Sachs September 17, 2019August 18, 2021

Five major films about children

Posted inFilm

In 3 Faces, Iranian director Jafar Panahi turns the camera inward

by Ben Sachs April 18, 2019August 18, 2021

How much can artists control the world around them?

Posted inFilm

Ben Sachs picks the top ten—well, 13—movies of 2018

by Ben Sachs December 21, 2018August 18, 2021

A mix of the new, the old, and new work by the old

Posted inFilm

In his latest documentary, Monrovia, Indiana, Frederick Wiseman is curiously uninterested in the human inhabitants of a small town

by Ben Sachs November 1, 2018August 18, 2021

The director has always been fascinated by processes, but this time the people behind them scarcely register.

Posted inFilm

24 Frames, the final feature from Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami, may send you into a trance

by Ben Sachs February 6, 2018August 18, 2021

Digitally altered scenes of animals, weather, and natural landscapes reveal the hidden complexity behind simple images.

Chicago International Film Festival director Michael Kutza in 1965.
Posted inFilm

A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award

by J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs October 9, 2014August 18, 2021

The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.

Posted inBlogs

This week in Claire Denis: Talking with Columbia professor Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa (and others) about No Fear, No Die and 35 Shots of Rum

by Ben Sachs November 27, 2013August 19, 2021

A conversation about the French filmmaker’s two films about immigrant communities in France, No Fear, No Die (1990) and 35 Shots of Rum (2008)

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: Palme d’Or winners

by Drew Hunt November 3, 2013August 19, 2021

Weekly Top Five: Palme d’Or winners

Posted inBlogs

Essential versus arbitrary mystery in contemporary art house cinema

by Ben Sachs October 16, 2013August 19, 2021

Reflections on trends in contemporary art house movies, as observed in this year’s Chicago International Film Festival and Doc Films’ ongoing Hou Hsiao-Hsien retrospective

Posted inBlogs

Well-furnished movie theaters are some of the best places to nap

by Ben Sachs March 18, 2013August 19, 2021

. . . but, alas, there are no good sleep-inducing movies playing in town this week.

Posted inBlogs

Chan-wook Park, Abbas Kiarostami, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones March 1, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Like Someone in Love
Posted inFilm

Spaces in the heart in Like Someone in Love

by J.R. Jones February 26, 2013August 19, 2021

A Tokyo college student turns tricks for cash in Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love.

Posted inBlogs

What’s up, doc(umentary filmmakers)?

by Ben Sachs February 6, 2013August 18, 2021

Considering the relationship between fiction and nonfiction filmmakers

Posted inBlogs

The Weekly Top Five: CIFF standouts

by Drew Hunt October 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Top 5 CIFF Films

Posted inBlogs

This week’s movie action

by J.R. Jones October 28, 2011August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue.

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