Fireworks Wednesday
This third feature by Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi serves as an up-to-the-minute report on the social codes and values of the Iranian middle-class.
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Embrace of the Serpent
This striking third feature by Colombian director Ciro Guerra tracks a pair of mythical, quasi-ethnographic journeys into the heart of the Amazon to explore and comment on the destructive powers of colonialism.
Arsaib’s Favorite Films of 2015
‘The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.’ — H. Allen Smith
Clean (2004)
In Olivier Assayas’s Clean, Maggie Cheung plays a troubled soul who tries to kick her drug habit in an attempt to reconnect with her son.
Au revoir l’été (2013)
Au revoir l’été is a delicate coming-of-age story that follows a young woman named Sakuko as she visits her quiet seaside town and forms relationships with the locals.
Howl’s Moving Castle
After being cursed by a spiteful old witch, a plain and shy young woman seeks refuge in a walking castle belonging to an enigmatic wizard named Howl.
Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost
Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost is a striking supernatural folktale that sensitively deals with the issues of identity and displacement.
Single Girl, A (French Film)
Benoît Jacquot’s dazzling A Single Girl follows a day in the life of a young Parisian woman as she deals with various personal and professional issues.
It’s Winter (Iranian Film)
It’s Winter is a poignant and poetic film about a young man’s moral coming of age in a bleak Iranian town.
