Tag: abbas kiarostami
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My Favorite First-Time Watches of 2025
The best movies I saw in 2025 that weren’t released in 2025.
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Do the Right Thing
Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker trilogy-commencing ‘Where is the Friend’s House?’ empathetically sees the world through a particularly well-meaning child’s eyes.
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Favorite Discoveries of 2023
The best movies I watched this year not released in 2023.
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The Truths and Distortions of ‘Like Someone in Love’
This great 2012 drama was the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s second movie made outside his native country and the last he saw released in his lifetime.
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‘Taste of Cherry’ is Simple and Complicated
The jarring meta finale may seem playful — from a pessimistic perspective even a copout — but I think it’s wise.
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