Iran is an ancient civilization with a rich history of art, poetry, and architecture. Persian literature is often recognized ...

“One is not born a woman, but becomes one.” Nearly eighty years after this statement by Simone de Beauvoir, it’s still true that womanhood is not a biological or natural given, but a product of ...

On the assumption that Americans should understand who we’re bombing, here are five excellent Iranian films, all streaming now. Ty Burr, a former film critic for The Boston Globe, writes the movie ...

Cinema has been a part of Iran for nearly its entire history. Though the work of Ebrahim Khan Akkas Bashi is no longer extant—he who, as the official photographer of Muzaffar al-Din Shah, shot the ...

Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting ...

The film is told primarily through the perspective of Leila (Layla Mohammadi), a young, queer Iranian-American woman and filmmaker who discovers she’s pregnant after one unexpected night with a man.

There were nightclubs and bars. People mixed freely. Women could dress however they wanted: tight jeans, mini-skirts, hair loose. The king drove around in a luxury Cadillac, appeared to have a soft ...

Jafar Panahi, the most talked-about, globally esteemed Iranian film-maker of this century, will go to the Oscars next weekend, very possibly as American and Israeli missiles continue to rain down on ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, whose “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” was Oscar nominated, is considering making a film in another language. "If I'd want to make a film in Europe right now, or in the ...