Five major films about children
Tag: Abbas Kiarostami
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In 3 Faces, Iranian director Jafar Panahi turns the camera inward
How much can artists control the world around them?
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Ben Sachs picks the top ten—well, 13—movies of 2018
A mix of the new, the old, and new work by the old
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In his latest documentary, Monrovia, Indiana, Frederick Wiseman is curiously uninterested in the human inhabitants of a small town
The director has always been fascinated by processes, but this time the people behind them scarcely register.
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24 Frames, the final feature from Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami, may send you into a trance
Digitally altered scenes of animals, weather, and natural landscapes reveal the hidden complexity behind simple images.
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A half century of CIFF milestones, from Scorsese’s debut to Lee Daniels’s achievement award
The Reader digs through the Chicago International Film Festival’s archives to assemble a time line covering the fest’s 50 years.
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This week in Claire Denis: Talking with Columbia professor Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa (and others) about No Fear, No Die and 35 Shots of Rum
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)
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Essential versus arbitrary mystery in contemporary art house cinema
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
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Well-furnished movie theaters are some of the best places to nap
. . . but, alas, there are no good sleep-inducing movies playing in town this week.
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Chan-wook Park, Abbas Kiarostami, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Spaces in the heart in Like Someone in Love
A Tokyo college student turns tricks for cash in Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love.
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What’s up, doc(umentary filmmakers)?
Considering the relationship between fiction and nonfiction filmmakers