Lisandro Alonso adapts Abbas Kiarostami’s Palme d’Or winner. Arthouse reinterpretation focuses on mortality and existential themes. The Taste of Cherry remake is officially taking shape, with Wagner ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

Content warning: This article references suicide. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. In my 17 movie reviews, I’ve never given a full five-star rating — until now.

Produced in two countries halfway across the world from each other and 15 years apart, one film and one limited series offer some of the most compelling discussions of pessimism and despair ever ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.

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Note: This review contains description of the very end of the film. Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry opens with a man driving around a hilly part of Tehran. He stops to talk with various strangers, ...