"Chai-Lashmaq" is the story of a woman's journey to the heart of all-male coffeehouses in Tabriz, Iran. she seeks an answer to the question of whether freedom of speech still exists in Iran's coffeehouses as it did before? During this journey, she visits various traditional coffeehouses such as the Pigeon Flyers' Coffeehouse, the Ashiks' Coffeehouse, the Antique Sellers' Coffeehouse, and the Workers' Coffeehouse. Meanwhile, as a woman in these places, she also faces some challenges!
Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, with an economy of language, but a world of expression, weave us inside this futuristic tale of how your “one true love” may exist in the future in Benjamin Cleary's 'Swan Song.'
The original series is now on Netflix, you should definitely give it a watch. And if you’ve already seen it, watch it again.
'Midnight at the Paradise' premieres tomorrow at Toronto's Paradise Theatre! I had the pleasure to sit down with Vanessa Matsui to discuss the making of this film.
These confines won’t really encourage you to read the film as a metaphor for the nerve-inducing experience we’ve all been through over the last year, however — and in the interest of maintaining your dignity, you probably shouldn’t. While the sociopolitical commentary may have worked for the similarly-themed Buried (2010), in which we find Ryan Reynolds on his own buried alive in the Middle East, but this futuristic take on the premise is best left as a piece of distracting entertainment. Nevertheless, the atmosphere is no less suffocating, literally and dramatically.
This glimpse into this world is so captivating that it is an easy must-see, nearly flawless, and exceptional in every way.
‘Run Sweetheart Run’ has everything women fear the most, from psycho boyfriends to tampons.
