Beyond the Multiplex Nov 7, 2009
If I haul out comparisons to art-house heavyweights like Abbas Kiarostami and Theo Angelopoulos, that may send you in another. Let's say that from the first frames of "Times and Winds" I felt completely captivated, and that Erdem's shots of curtains blowing in a window, or three men having an argument in a field, have a hypnotic power that's not easily summarized. (Salon)
Parviz Tanavoli & Abbas Kiarostami Exhibition Press Release Oct 22, 2009
PARVIZ TANAVOLI AND ABBAS KIAROSTAMI AT MEEM GALLERY. Meem Gallery is pleased to present the opening of a joint exhibition displaying the work of two of the Middle Easts most significant artists, Parviz Tanavoli and Abbas Kiarostami on 9 November. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Palestinian, Russian directed films win top Mideast prizes Oct 18, 2009
The jury was chaired by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Total prize money at the festival was one million dollars. (Yahoo! Asia News)
David Denby: “Inglourious Basterds.” Aug 19, 2009
Abbas Kiarostami s Shirin. abhors the infernal filibuster. (New Yorker)
Festival plans to push hard, pucker up and freak out May 15, 2009
There are also new films from Jim Jarmusch (The Limits Of Control), Claire Denis (35 Shots Of Rum), Catherine Breillat (Bluebeard), Agnes Varda (The Beaches Of Agnes), Lone Scherfig (the Nick Hornby-penned An Education), Stephen Frears (the French costume drama Cheri), John Woo (the Chinese epic Red Cliff), Jerzy Skolimowski (Four Nights With Anna) and Abbas Kiarostami (Shirin, with Juliette Binoche). The festival has missed Robert Connolly's keenly awaited Balibo, which is headed for its... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Family Portrait Apr 5, 2009
" Leaving Sydney with plans to make a film with Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, The Certified Copy, Binoche feels she has done enough dancing for a while. "Two years of it, I've found it pretty hard," she says. "But I've always been quite physical in my roles. "I find the body tells the truth more than anything else. The body can't lie. Sometimes when a director says it would be good to do this or that, I say: 'Well, I don't know. Let's try it and see how it reacts.' In that way, I was... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A Beautiful Bromance Between a Senegalese Cabdriver and a Suicidal Southerner Mar 27, 2009
Goodbye Solo (Roadside Attractions), the third film written and directed by Ramin Bahrani (, ) owes its basic story line to the 1997 Abbas Kiarostami film , but it's neither a straight-up remake, a parody, nor an homage. A film of great intelligence and quiet assurance, Goodbye Solo exhilarates without ever trafficking in easy uplift. (Slate)
For a hit just select Preset Feb 19, 2009
But she will have left town by then, heading off to make a film with the acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. "No more dance," Binoche told SiT about her plans. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
