The Past – Vancouver International Film Festival

Asghar Farhadi is the master of the dark secret. Coming off of 2011’s A Separation, his Academy Award winning film about a family unraveling, Farhadi’s latest entry, The Past (2013), once again dives into the arena of family politics. The film, which is both written and directed by Farhadi, features beautiful performances, a heartbreaking story, […]

Two Handers, for the most part – Vancouver International Film Festival

Some stories are not meant to be long. They are meant to be concise, direct, a glimpse, a moment, five minutes, a single incident, or a lone conversation. These stories are not meant to be novels; these scripts do not want to be features. Shorts across mediums can be some of the most powerful stories, […]