The Iranian filmmaker talks about her harrowing Cannes documentary and how to remember the film's beloved late subject.

It is a reminder that every number we see on the news is a complex web of individuality. It’s historical sonder on screen.

Panâhi's latest film, "It Was Just an Accident," is the French submission for Best International Feature at the 2026 Academy Awards and one of the best-reviewed films of the year, with a 97% rating ...

That is but one of the moral questions raised in Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s hard-hitting, sometimes funny and ...

Iranian director Jafar Panahi puts a lot on the line for his work. Authorities could again arrest him for speaking out against the country’s hard-line regime. They could send him back to the ...

The intense mutual admiration of Martin Scorsese and Jafar Panahi was evident today as the American and Iranian directors embraced at length. Panahi bowed to “a god of cinema.” Scorsese challenged ...

Iran executed six death-row inmates Saturday it alleged carried out attacks in the country's oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel, the latest prisoners to be put to death in a wave of executions ...

Nine months before she was killed by an Israeli airstrike, Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona started quoting Shawshank Redemption. “Hope is a dangerous thing,” she told Iranian filmmaker ...

During the 1940s and 1950s, the film noir genre dominated the box office with classics such as The Maltese Falcon, Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, and Sunset Boulevard, making it one of the most ...

“It Was Just an Accident,” the Palme d’Or winner, will be eligible for best international feature. Its director criticized the selection process by nondemocratic countries. By Nicole Sperling France ...

The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association has stepped-up calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reappraise its relationship with Iran’s government-controlled Farabi cinema ...