(indieWIRE/12.05.01) — Nowadays, it’s rather hard for the arts to imaginatively compete with American industry in assuaging our nation’s sorrow. For example, what film, sculpture or symphony could ...

Iranian director Majid Majidi's latest film, Baran, shows humor and warmth in the midst of intense hardship - the grueling work of immigrant workers. Since the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 ...

Iranian director Majid Majidi received a mantelful of awards, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film and got some American attention for his 1997 feature Children of Heaven, the simple story ...

[This review originally appeared on Dec. 5, 2001, when Miramax released “Baran” for a one-week Oscar qualification run.] Nowadays, it’s rather hard for the arts to imaginatively compete with American ...