The filmmaker's drama on the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement, banned in Iran, was submitted by Germany in the best ...

Mohammad Rasoulof on the logistical challenges of making The Seed of the Sacred Fig, the Academy Award–shortlisted film that ...

Adrien Brody is the Brutalist, which refers to building with concrete. He’s an architect who survived a Nazi death camp, came ...

Now in theaters, “ The Seed of the Sacred Fig ” follows a lawyer named Iman (Missagh Zareh), who is promoted to investigating ...

The 2025 lineup of restorations, documentaries, and film history homages features Soviet classics, pre-1979 Iranian features, and a look at the legacy of Indonesian filmmaker Bachtiar Siagian.

From The Seed of a Sacred Fig to From Ground Zero, this year's Palm Springs International Film Festival highlights a number ...

From the 50th anniversary of the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festiva to Belmont World Film's Family Festival, WBUR film critic Erin Trahan rounds up the film events to check out this season.

The sacred fig in Rasoulof’s exceptionally well-acted film — a multiple prize winner at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival the embattled writer-director had to flee Iran to screen, risking imprisonment and ...

In ‘Anora,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ writer-directors showcase their personal investment in telling stories.

"Last Swim," Sasha Nathwani’s debut which won the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, has sold widely, including in the ...

Cecilia Sala, the Italian journalist and podcaster, has been freed from detention in an Iranian prison, Italy's government ...

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has arrived back in the country’s capital after being freed from an Iranian prison where she had spent weeks in detention.