Review of On Fellini's Footsteps


 Kayhan London: On Fellini's Footsteps

جای پای فلینی شناخت دوباره‌ایست از این فیلمساز بزرگ ورای آنچه فیلم‌های وی به نمایش می‌گذارند. نگاهی است از درون و تماشای اینکه چگونه یک ایده به واقعیت تبدیل می‌شود.

 
جمعه ۱۹ آذر ۱۴۰۰ برابر با ۱۰ دسامبر ۲۰۲۱

Review of Persian Lessons

Review of Persian Lessons. Payam Ashena, December 2021.

The Chess Game of the Wind


Kayhan London: The Chess Game of the Wind

  - «شطرنج باد» از جهات بسیاری سبک فیلمسازی لوکینو ویسکونتی از جمله در فیلم «روکو و برادرانش» و «مرگ در ونیز» را مد نظر داشت و نیز سوژه‌ای که مطرح می‌کرد به یک خانواده اشرافی و بورژوا ارتباط داشت که سوژه بیشتر فیلم‌های ویسکونتی نیز بود. این فیلم درواقع به سرنوشتی بدشگون دچار شد و اثری از آن در جایی یافت نشد تا اینکه...

جمعه ۵ آذر ۱۴۰۰ برابر با ۲۶ نوامبر ۲۰۲۱


Orson Welles, Iran and The Other Side of the Wind

 ساختن فیلم «آنسوی باد» از سال ۱۹۷۰ تا ۱۹۷۶ به طول انجامید و بعد با مسائلی نظیر مشکل مالی و قانونی و سیاسی که بخشی از آن شامل ایران می‌شد تا دهه ۱۹۸۰ ادامه یافت تا اینکه ولز در سال ۱۹۸۵ درگذشت و این فیلم به پایان نرسید و ناتمام باقی ماند.

Kayhan London: Orson Welles, Iran and The Other Side of the Wind. Kayhan London. November 12, 2021.

Kayhan London: 14th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco


Kayhan London: 14th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco. 

چهاردهمین جشنواره فیلم‌های ایرانی سانفرانسیسکو؛ گلچینی از بیش از دو هزار فیلم دریافتی.   

جمعه ۲۶ شهریور ۱۴۰۰ برابر با ۱۷ سپتامبر ۲۰۲۱
 
 

14th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco


 14th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco. Nima Times #43, September 2021.

Remembering Parviz Shafa & American director Franklin Schaffner


 Remembering My Brother Parviz Shafa & American director Franklin Schaffner - Nima Times #42, August 2021.

Remembering Cuban director Umberto Solas

Remembering Cuban director Umberto Solas - Nima Times #41. July 2021.
 

Review of Labyrinth, Of Kings and Paintings, The Second Year of My College

Review of "Labyrinth" directed by Amir Hossein Torabi, "Of Kings and Paintings" directed by Sara Nodjoumi, and "The Second Year of My College" directed by Rasoul Sadr Ameli. Pezhvak, June 2021.

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f7e12930-f00a-477c-808f-6d99fcfd833f/downloads/June%202021.pdf?ver=1622320677255
 

Review of Labyrinth, Of Kings and Paintings, The Second Year of My College

Review of "Labyrinth" directed by Amir Hossein Torabi, "Of Kings and Paintings" directed by Sara Nodjoumi, and "The Second Year of My College" directed by Rasoul Sadr Ameli. Payam Ashena, June 2021.

Review of "Careless Crime" & "Son-Mother"

Review of Shahram Mokri's latest film "Careless Crime" about Cinema Rex, and "Son-Mother" directed by Mahnaz Mohammadi. Pezhvak, May 2021.

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f7e12930-f00a-477c-808f-6d99fcfd833f/downloads/May%202021.pdf?ver=1619902079760
 

Review of "Careless Crime" & "Son-Mother"


Review of Shahram Mokri's latest film "Careless Crime" about Cinema Rex, and "Son-Mother" directed by Mahnaz Mohammadi. Payam Ashena, May 2021.

A Look at the "Soraya Pahlavi" Films

A Look at the "Soraya Pahlavi" Films. Nima Times, April 2021.

Meeting George Lucas

We held a tribute to honor Haskell Wexler, one of the best Hollywood cinematographers [Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Thomas Crown Affair] at the Tiburon International Film Festival, and asked George Lucas [Star Wars] to present him with the Lifetime Achievement Award.  Nima Times, March 2021.
 

Review of "Tehran Incident"

Review of "Tehran Incident" directed by Leslie Martinsonwith, with Peter Graves and Poori Banai - Payam Ashena, April, 2021,

Review of "Tehran Incident"

Review of "Tehran Incident" with Peter Graves and Poori Banai - Pezhvak, April, 2021,

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f7e12930-f00a-477c-808f-6d99fcfd833f/downloads/April2021.pdf?ver=1617328285915

Review of "Life Ahead" and "White Tiger"


 Review of "Life Ahead" directed by Eduardo Ponti, with Sophia Loren and Babak Karimi, and "White Tiger" directed by Ramin Bahrani. Payam Ashena, March 2021.

Remembering Farrokh Ghaffari

 A look at the Farrokh Ghaffari and Jean Rouch's unseen 1977 film La Mosquée du Shâh à Ispahan, and a look at Ghaffari's film career. Nima Times, February 2021.  

With Italian director Lina Wertmuller

 With one of my favorite directors, Lina Wertmuller, Italian director of such films as Swept Away, Seduction of Mimi, Severn Beauties...Nima Times, January 2021. 

The restoration of "The Chess Game of the Wind"


 The story of the restoration of "The Chess Game of the Wind" [1976], directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani, and produced by Bahman Farmanara, after 40 years, by Martin Scorsese's foundation. [Nima Times, December 2020].