Intensity: Irreverent

Challenges opinions
22 heresies

Out of the Iranian rubble into the cinematic frame

Smuggled out of the Iran Iraq War at age four with exactly two suitcases, Arash Sedighi channels the gritty survival of his refugee childhood into uncompromising British cinema

Notes from the underground [part 1/2]

The water coursing through the basement tubes calls me back to my work. It’s probably toilet water I’m hearing. The noise is reassuring.

O Iranians!

The antidote to a scorpion’s poison is not the venom of a snake.

Christ Stopped at Eboli

"And once the trap was fully set, it revealed its political idea: the 'sweet world' of the Pahlavi era."

THE WALLS ARE FALLING

“The security guard said you were aggressive.” “He asked me to return the books and I gave them back to him.” “He said you hit him with them.”

A Place in the Sun

There’s no abuse, so don’t confuse it. Just don’t make me bleed.