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.

Review of "Life Ahead" and "White Tiger"


 Review of "Life Ahead" by Eduardo Ponti, and "White Tiger" by Ramin Bahrani. Pezhvak, March 2021.   

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f7e12930-f00a-477c-808f-6d99fcfd833f/downloads/March%202021.pdf?ver=1614650453714

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. 

Review of: Yalda, Boarding Pass, and Sonami

Review of: Yalda, Boarding Pass, and Sonami. Payam Ashena, February 2021.
 

Review of: Yalda, Boarding Pass, and Sonami


 Review of: Yalda, Boarding Pass, and Sonami. Pezhvak, February 2021.

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f7e12930-f00a-477c-808f-6d99fcfd833f/downloads/February%202021.pdf?ver=1612185338428

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].

Review of "Women According to Men"

 Review of Saeed Nouri's "Women According to Men" - Pezhvak, January 2021.

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f7e12930-f00a-477c-808f-6d99fcfd833f/downloads/OnLine.pdf?ver=1609535557853

Review of "Women According to Men"


Review of Saeed Nouri's "Women According to Men" - Payam Ashena, January 2021.

Review of "Marge and Her Mother" & "Love Child"


 Review of "Marge and Her Mother" & "Love Child" - Payam Ashena, December 2020.

Review of "Marge and Her Mother" & "Tsunami"


Review of Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Marge and Her Mother, Tsunami - Pezhvak, December 2020.

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f7e12930-f00a-477c-808f-6d99fcfd833f/downloads/December%20Online%202020.pdf?ver=1606695119496

سیزدهمین جشنواره فیلمهای ایرانی سن فرانسیسکو


 سیزدهمین جشنواره فیلمهای ایرانی سن فرانسیسکو - Javanan Magazine- November 2020.

http://www.javanan.com/2020-10-31-23-48-50

13th Annual Iranian film festival - San Francisco


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

13th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco

13th Annual Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, Pezhvak, November 2020.

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f7e12930-f00a-477c-808f-6d99fcfd833f/downloads/NOVPezhvakOnline.pdf?ver=1604194175019

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 - Pezhvak, October 2020.  https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f7e12930-f00a-477c-808f-6d99fcfd833f/downloads/PezhvakOnline1.pdf?ver=1601520730312


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.

Review of: Arab Blues, Scenes From A Separation, Untimely

Review of: Arab Blues, Scenes From A Separation, Untimely - Payam Ashena, September 2020.
 

Review of: Arab Blues, Scenes From A Separation, Untimely

Review of: Arab Blues, Scenes From A Separation, Untimely - Pezhvak, September 2020.  

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/f7e12930-f00a-477c-808f-6d99fcfd833f/downloads/SepOnLine.pdf?ver=1598983173248
 

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.

Review of Goli, Love Child and No Hard Feeling

Review of Goli, Love Child and No Hard Feeling - Pezhvak, August 2020.

Remembering My Brother Parviz Shafa

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