Through the Olive Trees

“Through the Olive Trees” Analysis and Review: Abbas Kiarostami’s “Through the Olive Trees” Portrays the Relentless Pursuit of Love of a Poor Illiterate Homeless Rural Iranian Man Amidst a Devastating Earthquake

By / June 19, 2021

Through the Olive Trees is the third and final film of Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker trilogy. Like the other two films of the trilogy – Where Is the Friend’s Home? and Life and Nothing More, this film too is set in the village named Koker in Northern Iran. Like many of his films, Kiarostami portrays the …

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Where Is the Friend's Home?

“Where Is the Friend’s Home?” Analysis and Review: Abbas Kiarostami’s “Where Is the Friend’s Home?” Highlights a Rural Iranian Schoolboy’s Sense of Civic Duty

By / June 17, 2021

Abbas Kiarostami’s Where Is the Friend’s Home? is a heart-touching story of a schoolboy who goes to his neighboring village to return his friend’s notebook so that he does not get expelled by the schoolteacher the next day. The film shows how efficiently a filmmaker can make a film based on children and highlight their …

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Close-Up

“Close-Up” Analysis and Review: Abbas Kiarostami’s “Close-Up” Portrays an Ordinary Person’s Extraordinary Passion for Cinema

By / June 8, 2021

Close-Up established great Abbas Kiarostami strongly as a major international filmmaker. It is based on a true story of a man named Hossain Sabzian who impersonated famous Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf and was arrested subsequently. Close-Up is based on the real-life trial of Hossain Sabzian. The film deals with important issues like personal identity, poverty, …

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Taste of Cherry

“Taste of Cherry” Analysis and Review: World-famous Iranian Film Genius Kiarostami’s “Taste of Cherry” Portrays the Preciousness of Life

By / May 16, 2021

World-famous Iranian film genius Abbas Kiarostami made multiple important films during his lifetime. Taste of Cherry is one of his most important and celebrated works. Kiarostami’s works deal with serious issues like life, death, afterlife, spirituality, separation, isolation, divorce, acceptance. He always made films based on what life had taught him. Humanity was his single …

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Incendies

“Incendies” Analysis and Review: Denis Villeneuve’s Deeply Sensitive “Incendies” Searches for the Lost Family Members Amidst War, Violence, and Killing

By / April 24, 2021

Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies is an utterly serious and strong film. Even though it is a Canadian film, the story is mostly set in an unnamed country, which is very much similar to Lebanon, in the Middle East. The film is both violent and emotional. It deals with very serious issues like civil war, communalism, murder, …

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In a Better World

“In a Better World” Analysis and Review: Susanne Bier’s “In a Better World” Showcases Enormous Possibilities Amidst Challenges to Make This World Better Every Day

By / April 11, 2021

Susanne Bier’s In a Better World depicts incidents in two different corners of the world – a small rural town in Denmark and a deserted refugee camp in Africa. On one side, the film deals with revenge, war, warlords, hatred, merciless tortures, break up, bullying, and on the other side, the film shows friendship, love, …

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Biutiful

“Biutiful” Analysis and Review: Inarritu’s “Biutiful” Brings Out the Darkness of the Bustling Streets of Barcelona, and the Inner Beauty of a Faulty Individual

By / March 29, 2021

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu brings out the dark sides of bustling Barcelona through his beautiful film Biutiful. The film depicts the inner beauty of a faulty individual Uxbal (Javier Bardem), a middleman for the Chinese sweatshop owners and African-origin peddlers. Fake merchandise produced in the sweatshop is sold on the street by the African-origin peddlers. Uxbal …

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Timbuktu

“Timbuktu” Analysis and Review: Abderrahmane Sissako’s “Timbuktu” Shows the True Color of Terrorism and Its Devastating Impact on the Modern World

By / March 17, 2021

Abderrahmane Sissako’s Timbuktu deals with one of the most troubling issues of the modern world – terrorism. The film shows the terrorist activities in 2012 when the terrorist group Ansar Dine captured the Malian city of Timbuktu. Historically and culturally enriched Timbuktu turned into a city of destruction and evil during this time.  Sissako shows …

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The Salesman

“The Salesman” Analysis and Review: Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” Is an Astounding Psychological Character Study

By / March 7, 2021

Asghar Farhadi returns to Iran after The Past and makes yet another masterpiece The Salesman. The film tells the story of a theater actor couple Emad (Shahab Hosseini), who is also a teacher, and Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti). They act in Arthur Miller’s famous play Death of a Salesman. However, the film takes a U-turn when …

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Cold War

“Cold War” Analysis and Review: Pawlikowski’s “Cold War” Blooms Romanticism During the Period of Cold War

By / February 28, 2021

Pawel Pawlikowski pays a heart-warming tribute to his parents through Cold War. This film is also a tribute to his motherland Poland. The film depicts the love story of a music director and a young singer from the late 1940s to the 1960s during the period of the cold war. The story of the film …

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