The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio ...

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He won best director, original screenplay and international feature for “It Was Just an Accident.” Best feature went to “One Battle After Another.” By Kyle Buchanan “One Battle After Another” was ...

Imprisoned and censored by his home country of Iran, the legendary director discusses his furtive filmmaking. Jafar Panahi at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. It’s just after 1 am in ...

Oscar-bound filmmaker Jafar Panahi has reportedly been sentenced to prison by Iranian officials. The It Was Just an Accident director is widely expected to score major Oscar nominations. The 2026 ...

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is not here to make movies that pander to his audiences. Sitting in a Seattle hotel sipping tea on a Thursday evening, Panahi said he sets out to make the films he wants ...

He's off on a road tour! The best-in-the-biz indie distributor Neon has just announced that they're taking award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi on a tour around the US for Q&As for his new ...

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Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident is a masterwork of a revenge thriller. Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival While I have had my share of eye problems, I have never been forced to experience the ...

Every film, they say, is its own little miracle – the serendipitous result of a million different things turning out just right. But It Was Just an Accident, the latest film from Iranian auteur Jafar ...