Asghar Farhadi remembered the filmmaker and playwright, who died due to complications from cancer, as his "great teacher." ...

An Iranian thriller film that explores corruption and state violence in the country has won the Palme d’Or, the coveted top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It Was Just an Accident, directed by ...

Co-directed by Israeli-Iranian duo Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir, the sports drama Tatami will make its San Diego debut at the Media Arts Center on Friday. First premiering at the Venice Film Festival in ...

Arienne Mandi plays Iranian judoka Leila Hosseini in the new film Tatami, co-directed by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir. Michel Martin is a host of Morning Edition. Previously, she was the weekend host of ...

“One is not born a woman, but becomes one.” Nearly eighty years after this statement by Simone de Beauvoir, it’s still true that womanhood is not a biological or natural given, but a product of ...

What happens when the pressure to compete is not just about winning, but about survival? In the new political thriller Tatami, that question plays out through the story of Leila Hosseini, an Iranian ...