“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 ...

This article was originally published in June 2023. Thanks to a renewed interest in Iranian cinema among movie lovers, we are republishing it with two additional films. For centuries, poetry was ...

This meaningful film is written and directed by Narges Abyar. Drawing upon her experiences during the Iranian revolution, Abyar tells us the story of Bahar, a young girl who lives with her grandmother ...