Arts and Entertainment
May 26, 2022
From: Real Art WaysNew Iranian Film Coming; Goma Going
Opening Friday:
Hit the Road
"Paradoxically, Iran’s cinematic landscape is bursting with powerful, fresh films likely to make an international splash just as talks between Tehran and world powers continue to be deadlocked on reviving the nuclear deal that could lift the country’s crippling sanctions that block exports." - Variety
Director Panah Panahi, son and collaborator of embattled filmmaker Jafar Panahi and apprentice to Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami, makes a striking feature debut with this comic drama. A family of four drives across the Iranian countryside, bonds over memories of the past and grapples with fears of the unknown.
In Persian with English subtitles.
92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
“Panahi’s spare, controlled style unites intimate conflicts and vast landscapes in framings as wry as they are rhapsodic.” – The New Yorker
"The acting is note perfect across the board: six-year-old Rayan Sarlak is an effervescent explosion of rascally energy, while Madjooni is funny, laconic and pissed-off -- often all at once." - Time Out
“To be a passenger alongside these nervous voyagers, as they clash, tease and cherish each other on the way to this strange and terrible fork in their lives, is to be a very fortunate moviegoer indeed.” – Los Angeles Times
Held over!
Petite Maman
8-year-old Nelly accompanies her parents to her mother’s childhood home. Directed by Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, My Life as a Zucchini)
In French with English subtitles.
97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
"Powerful, even arrestingly original; grounded in emotional truth; hyper-specific; deeply universal; strange; mesmerizing." - Washington Post
"Spellbinding. A moving jewel of a film." - The Guardian
"Enchanting. Joyous. Like nothing you've ever seen before." - Empire
"It’s perfect." - NY Times
The Duke
Starring Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent.
97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Based on a true story.
"A charming, understated and completely enjoyable frolic." - Observer
"Broadbent is absolutely delightful." - The Wrap
"Bobs up like a ping pong ball on a water-fountain." - The Guardian
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