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August 32nd on Earth (1998)

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Tag / Abbas Kiarostami

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 by Eternality Tan

And Life Goes On (1992)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1992, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
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Extraordinary docu-fictive filmmaking by Kiarostami as the second part of his ‘Koker’ trilogy brings us to the aftermath of the devastating 1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake via a skillfully deceptive meta-cinematic device. 

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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March 3, 2020March 22, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Where Is the Friend’s House? (1987)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1987, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
  • 1 Comment

We follow a young schoolboy’s a-day-in-the-life journey in Kiarostami’s simple yet resonating breakthrough film. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 24, 2020 by Eternality Tan

24 Frames (2017)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 2017, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
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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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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Like Someone in Love (2012)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 2012, Abbas Kiarostami, France, Japan
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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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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Certified Copy (2010)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 2010, Abbas Kiarostami, France, Iran, Italy
  • 2 Comments

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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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Taste of Cherry (1997)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1997, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
  • 2 Comments

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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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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February 17, 2020July 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Close-Up (1990)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1990, Abbas Kiarostami, Documentary, Iran
  • 8 Comments

A transcendent masterpiece that reveals intricate thematic complexities and showcases Kiarostami’s brilliance upon a closer and critical examination. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.

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February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Traveler, The (1974)

  • Criterion Collection, Kiarostami, Abbas
  • 1974, Abbas Kiarostami, Iran
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A neorealist-inspired first feature by Kiarostami, charting his path to become one of cinema’s foremost chroniclers of the human condition.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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