Neil, Dario and guest presenter Mark Jenkin discuss the work of Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami particularly focusing on his 1990 'documentary' Close-Up. Having recently passed away the love and reverence for Kiarostami in the international film community was starkly apparent by the depth and breadth of tributes to him. Having watched many of his films we discuss his legacy, status and the vibrancy of filmmaking from Iran despite the hugely difficult social and political conditions.
This episode also features an interview with Iranian Filmmaker Mania Akbari. After collaborating with Kiarostami on Ten as an actress, along with her son, Akbari has gone on to a directorial career of her own, making provocative films (along with art exhibitions) that are expressly feminist in nature tackling issues such as memony, identity, the body and sexuality all with an uncompromising personal underpinning.
Show Notes
The Most Fatal Attraction: Kiarostami's Close-up revisited - Coco Ferguson
Mania Akbari's Website
The Films of Alice Diop
Long Way Back(w/Brett and Simon Harvey)
T.L.C (Tender Loving Care for Trans-Led/Trans-Loved Cinema) w/ So Mayer and Lillian Crawford
Berlinale Dispatches Trailer
Husband (w/Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum)
Akira Kurosawa at the BFI (w/ Asif Kapadia and Ian Hayden Smith)
Enys Men (w/ Dir. Mark Jenkin)
2022 Review (w/critic Clarisse Loughrey)
Blood Simple (w/ Producer James Dean)
Film Curation (Beyond Interpretation w/Chris Cassingham)
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022 (Part 2)
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022 (Part 1)
Irma Vep (w/ Dr Catherine Wheatley)
Censor (w/ Sarah Cleaver)
London Film Festival - Part 2
London Film Festival - Part 1
Licence to Queer (w/ David Lowbridge-Ellis)
Jonah who will be 25 in the Year 2000 (w/ Caroline Catz and James Dean)
Cape Fear (live @TheGardenCinema)
Top Gun: Maverick; Hustle; Lingui, The Sacred Bonds (and more)
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