A Separation (movie)

Review: Transfixing 'Fill the Void' looks at love by arrangement

2013-05-24 00:00:00

A mother and daughter anxiously scan the aisles of an Israeli supermarket. They're not looking for fresh produce but rather a clandestine glimpse of a young man a matchmaker has proposed as a potential husband for the daughter. The mother's eye is...

Asghar Farhadi goes for maximum emotional impact in his films

2013-05-17 17:45:00

CANNES, France — "Stories come to me," says Asghar Farhadi, his sharp eyes focused, intense. "This one came to me, and I decided to follow it." It sounds straightforward, simple even, but nothing about the filmmaker's latest work, "The Past," fits...

Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema

2013-05-15 05:00:00

— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...

Hollywood studios pack in titles at Cannes Film Festival

2013-04-18 16:03:00

The Cannes Film Festival has a long tradition of showcasing independent global cinema. But in a twist, this year's lineup also includes movies from a wide range of Hollywood entities: Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., CBS Films, the Weinstein Co., even...

Tehran film conference denounces 'cultural assault' of Hollywood

2013-02-05 11:09:00

TEHRAN — As moviegoers in the U.S. hustle to see Oscar contenders "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" before the golden statuettes go out, the films are also hitting screens in Tehran — as examples of the “cultural assault” of the West....

Oscar voters aren't always who you might think

2012-02-19 00:00:00

Which two of these four entertainment names — Woody Allen, George Lucas, Meat Loaf, Erik Estrada — are members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences? It'd be understandable if you guessed Allen and Lucas: The directors made such...

Palm Springs International Film Festival tries to cover it all

2012-01-05 00:00:00

'The Artist,' 'The Descendants' win big at the 69th annual Golden Globe awards

2012-01-15 20:38:00

"The Artist," the charming film about Hollywood's transition from silent movies to talkies, and the family drama "The Descendants" were catapulted to front-runner Oscar status Sunday night with an armful of Golden Globes to their names as the awards...

'A Separation': Kenneth Turan's film pick of the week

2012-01-05 16:37:42

Indie Focus: A world of drama in Oscar foreign-language race

2011-12-01 00:00:00

Cannes: 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' Wins Fipresci Prize

2013-05-25 12:30:04

CANNES -- Confirming its status as one of the major revelations of year's Cannes Festival, Abdellatif Kechiche's "Blue is the Warmest Color" took the nod Saturday from the Fipresci Intl. Federation of Film Critics as the best film in Cannes Festival's...

Coen brothers' loser is winning over Cannes

2013-05-20 07:18:00

CANNES, France — Whatever its commercial fortunes when it opens in the U.S. this December, "Inside Llewyn Davis" already has won the acclaim sought so ardently by the fictional folk singer of its title, the latest charismatic loser in a long,...

Iran's "A Separation" won the Academy Award for foreign language film. The Oscar went to Asghar Farhadi, the film's director. "A Separation" beat out "Bullhead" from Belgium, "Monsieur Lazhar" from Canada, "Footnote" from Israel and "In Darkness" from Poland.

2012-02-26 15:12:37

PG-13; 2:03 running time Some films wear their artistry so lightly they appear simply to be happening, the inner workings of the story guided by an unseen hand.

2012-01-26 10:18:05

"Bullhead," Belgium "Footnote," Israel "In Darkness," Poland "Monsieur Lazhar," Canada "A Separation," Iran (winner)

2012-01-24 06:20:58