13th Annual Iranian film festival - San Francisco


  13th Annual Iranian film festival - San Francisco, Payam Ashena, November 2020.

Remembering Dalton Trumbo

Remembering Dalton Trumbo, Oscar-winning screenwriter - Nima Times. September 2020.

Review of Coup 53, Sarve Sabz, Border


 Review of "Coup 53" by Taghi Amirani, "Sarve Sabz" by Nasser Safarian, and "Border" by Ai Abbasi - Payam Ashena, October 2020.

Remembering My Brother Parviz Shafa and Dr. Hooshang Kavous

Sound of Music, Remembering My Brother Parviz Shafa and Dr. Hooshang Kavousi - Payam Ashena, August 2020

Remembering My Brother Parviz Shafa


Remembering My Brother Parviz Shafa - Nima Times, August 2020.

Remembering Tony Zarindast


Remembering Tony Zarindast - Nima Times, July 2020.

Remembering My Brother Parviz Shafa

Remembering my brother Parviz Shafa, on the anniversary of his leaving this earth in August.

Review of On Fellini's Footsteps, and Extraction.


Review of On Fellini's Footsteps, and Golshifteh Farahani's latest film Extraction - Payam Ashena, July 2020.

Review of: FilmFarsi, Pat Moriata: Long Story Short, Like My Name Pegah

Review of: FilmFarsi directed by: Ehsan Khoshbakht, Pat Moriata: Long Story Short directed by: Kayvan Derakhshanian, Like My Name Pegah directed by: Soudabeh Bayzaie - Payam Ashena, June 2020.

19th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival.



The 19th Annual Tiburon International Film Festival - Payam Ashena, April 2020.

Review of The Operative & 6 Underground


Review of The Operative & Michael Bay's 6 Underground, Payam Ashena, March 2020.

Review of The Irishman and The Two Popes



Review of Martin Scorsese's The Irishman and Fernando Meirelles's The Two Popes. Payam Ashena, February 2020.