Month: December 2007

The Iranian film industry has produced some of the most beautiful films made on planet Earth in recent years…

The image looks its age and the sound is resolutely mono, but this 1982-4 BBC sitcom broke such important ground on both sides of the Atlantic that is should be considered essential viewing for anyone who wants to understand the changes television went through in the 1980s.

This is the glorious nation where, our moms tells us, anyone can run for president. A 94-year-old New Hampshire woman put that supposition to the test — almost — when she ran for the U.S. Senate in 2004.

Filmmaker Mariana Otero set out to explore the great secret of her childhood — where was her mother? — and ended up with a powerful and provocative meditation on family loyalty and the clandestine power of silence.