The Oscars are more international than ever. So why is the international film category broken?
“The film, to a large degree, is now a German film, both because of the distribution company and because of all the people ...
The ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig' Cast on the Oscar-Nominee's Clandestine Shoot - Including Being Directed from the Trunk of a Car
Stars Mahsa Rostami and Setareh Maleki tell IndieWire about how Mohammad Rasoulof convinced them to star in the Iranian ...
‘Images are a language': Best International Feature Oscar nominees on how their films ‘transcend culture'
My goal is to create an experience. Music is closer to filmmaking than any other art. It transcends culture. Filmmaking is a ...
International Oscar Film Nominees Reflect on Political Turmoil: ‘It Just Proves That Maybe There Is No Real Recipe for What Works in Cinema’
International Oscar film nominees reflect common threads and political turmoil, dealing with deep-rooted issues in their ...
Oscar-nominated Iranian director risks jail for his art
Christiane Amanpour speaks with Academy Award-nominated director Mohammad Rasoulof about his film, “The Seed of the Sacred ...
Jacques Audiard Credits ‘Natural Masochism’ as Reason Behind Making Movies in Languages He Doesn’t Speak or Understand
Audiard also apologized to Mohammad Rasoulof for his "rich guy problems" during a SBIFF Q&A.
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig review: Rasoulof makes point even under severe peril
Cast: Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Setareh Maleki, Mahsa Rostami, Niusha Akhshi, Reza Akhlaghirad, Shiva Ordooie, Amineh ...
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Inside the Iranian film that a brave cast and crew risked everything for
It’s also a remarkable act of bravery from director Mohammad Rasoulof, his cast and crew. Since Rasoulof completed his blistering film, which is up for a Bafta and an Academy Award, all but one of ...
Alia Shawkat, Kumail Nanjiani, Seth Rogen and More Join Kristen Stewart in ‘The Wrong Girls’ at Neon
Kristen Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, LaKeith Stanfield, Zack Fox and Tony Hale will star in "The Wrong ...
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig movie review: Rasoulof makes a point even under severe peril
Mohammad Rasoulof’s film is powerful indictment of Iranian Oppression even though the solution given seems rather naive ...