Film experts Laurence Kardish and Godfrey Cheshire discuss how the Iranian director was serious about pursuing experimental work outside of cinema. Abbas Kiarostami had one of the most acclaimed ...

The late Iranian filmmaker's final work is a brief encapsulation of his skill. When Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami died earlier this year, the outpouring of grief was a spectacle unmatched by any ...

Robert Koehler writes that the late director honed "his ever-developing acute approach to modernism through whatever system in which he might find himself working." One of the most interesting ...

One of cinema’s great masters, Abbas Kiarostami, whose pictures could be intimate and human-scaled while also self-reflexive and bracingly political, died today in Paris. The Palme D’Or winner — for ...

In January, the New York theater will host a mini-festival featuring the works of "It Was Just an Accident" director Jafar Panahi and his mentor, Abbas Kiarostami — the only two Iranian filmmakers to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, whose 1997 film “Taste of Cherry” won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, has died in ...

There’s a lot of driving and talking in “Like Someone in Love,” Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami‘s latest production made outside of his native country, but beyond that is anyone’s guess. Following ...

(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran's official news agency says acclaimed director Abbas Kiarostami, whose 1997 film "Taste of Cherry" won the Palme d'Or, has died at the age of 76. IRNA says Kiarostami died Monday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abbas Kiarostami, one of Iran's most prominent breakout filmmakers and helmer of more than 40 projects across a four-decade career ...

After graduating from Columbia University and toiling for years as a screenwriter, I finally made my feature film debut in 2013 with an independent, romantic comedy called “Missed Connections.” The ...

Acclaimed filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami (“Taste of Cherry,” “Close-Up,” “Certified Copy”) will be hosting a 10-day workshop for 35 students, each of whom will get the opportunity to make a short film ...