Kiarostami leaves us with a work of indelible beauty, continuing his fascination with the phenomenology of cinema and its relation to the ephemeral.
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24 Frames (2017)
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Category / Criterion Collection
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Like Someone in Love (2012)
Shot in Japan with a Japanese cast, Iranian master Kiarostami gives us a rueful but tender film about the nature of love, desire and liking.
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Certified Copy (2010)
Kiarostami’s first non-Iranian film is engaging, but the male lead is unable to hold his own against Juliette Binoche.
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Celine Sciammaโs formidable period piece about two women who find deep comfort and intimacy in each other is at once intellectually stimulating and emotionally devastating.ย
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Uncut Gems (2019)
Breathless filmmaking by the Safdies that also sees Adam Sandler producing his best performance yet.
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Taste of Cherry (1997)
Plainfully simple yet thematically complex, this slow and bleak feature remains to be one of Kiarostami’s most profoundly engaging works.
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Close-Up (1990)
A transcendent masterpiece that reveals intricate thematic complexities and showcases Kiarostami’s brilliance upon a closer and critical examination.
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Traveler, The (1974)
A neorealist-inspired first feature by Kiarostami, charting his path to become one of cinemaโs foremost chroniclers of the human condition.
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Umberto D. (1952)
A classic of Italian neorealist cinema that also marked the movementโs untimely end, De Sicaโs work here about an old man and his dog can be heartbreaking (or to some, dreary) to a fault.
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Eternality Tan 