Abbas Kiarostami Readying ‘The End’

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:49:43 +0000

And now we have the most anticipated film of 2012 set in stone. At least in the eyes of this writer.

According to [...]

Criterion Will Likely Bring Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture To The Collection; Many IFC Titles Confirmed & Debunked

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:56:57 +0000

Earlier this evening, a user on the Criterion Forum posted several pieces from a conversation that he had with the IFC President, [...]

Abbas Kiarostami Looking To Cast Aoi Miyazaki For Lead In Upcoming Film, The End

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:00:40 +0000

Coming off of his beloved 2010 festival hit, Certified Copy (which is set to hit theaters on March 11), director Abbas [...]

Jamie Reviews Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy [PIFF 2011 Review]

Jamie S. Rich — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:00:26 +0000

“It would be stupid for us to ruin our lives for an ideal.”

If ever a film was made for an [...]

Episode 65.5 – Disc 2 – On The Screen And Listener Feedback

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:00:21 +0000

Disc 2 episodes are bonus/supplement episodes of The CriterionCast. Rudie Obias, Ryan Gallagher, &

Abbas Kiarostami To Lead Talks At This Year’s Kustendorf Film Festival

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:58:58 +0000

While this year’s Sundance Film Festival may ultimately take the majority of early year festival buzz, it’s the fourth annual

Three Shorts From Abbas Kiarostami Play At Abu Dhabi Film Festival

Joshua Brunsting — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:00:01 +0000

While I can’t say I’ve ever had the chance to see an Abbas Kiarostami (Taste Of Cherry, Close-Up) film in theaters, [...]

Two New Projects For Abbas Kiarostami In The Works, One In Japan, One More With Juliet Binoche

Joshua Brunsting — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:00:18 +0000

Apparently Abbas Kiarostami (Close-Up, Taste Of Cherry) may have found his muse.

According to an The Playlist, during press rounds [...]

Rudie Lists His Top Ten Favorite Foreign Films

Rudie Obias — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:12:42 +0000

I came across Time Out New York’s list of their top 50 foreign films of all time. Although a [...]

Abbas Kiarostami To Lead Asian Film Academy This Fall

Joshua Brunsting — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:18:03 +0000

Criterion staple, and all around cinematic genius, Abbas Kiarostami (Taste of Cherry, Close-Up) has apparently gotten a [...]

Trailer For Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy Hits The Internet

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:03:20 +0000

Coming out of the Cannes film festival, there were very few films that had me waiting with more anticipation than the [...]

Iranian Culture Minister Denies Kiarostami’s Certified Copy General Screening

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 31 May 2010 04:13:02 +0000

Apparently, this year’s Cannes Film Festival found more controversy in Iran, than at the festival itself.

In what is another step in [...]

Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy To Be Distributed By IFC Films

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:39:04 +0000

It looks like, while Sony Pictures Classics made the first major deal, that IFC may have made the Cannes Film Festival’s biggest [...]

Abbas Kiarostami To Shoot Next Film, Father And Son, This September

Joshua Brunsting — Thu, 20 May 2010 04:57:05 +0000

With his film Certified Copy making massive waves at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, it seems as though legendary Iranian auteur and [...]

Abbas Kiarostami Calls For Jafar Panahi’s Release At Cannes

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:14:25 +0000

It looks like the Cannes Film Festival has seen yet another film take the critics by storm, with the premier of Abbas [...]

Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy Teaser Unveiled As Cannes Approaches

James McCormick — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:28:33 +0000

Cannes is about a week away now and one of the more anticipated films that are in Competition just released its trailer [...]

Cannes Film Festival 2010 Announces Line-up: Kiarostami! Godard! Leigh!

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:05:24 +0000

The Cannes Film Festival has just announced it’s film line-up for 2010, and there are several Criterion alum both in and out [...]

June 2010 Criterion Collection New Releases Announced! [Criterion New Releases]

Travis George — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:50:49 +0000

Ryan Gallagher is more than just my Criterion Cast co-host and friend in real life (yes, [...]

Episode 22 – Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste Of Cherry

Ryan Gallagher — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:27:38 +0000

This is the podcast dedicated to The Criterion Collection. Rudie, Ryan & Travis discuss Criterion News & Rumors [...]

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