Iranian cinema has always offered sanctuary for individuals like me looking for relief from the empty spectacle and dross offered by Hollywood blockbusters, franchises, and Oscar bait films.  Iranian films place ethical dilemmas and the human condition front and center.  Acclaimed Iranian directors—Kiarostami, Rasoulof, Pahani—inject humanity into a Hollywood dominated

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What is it with cars and surrealist films lately?  Titane, The Noise of Engines—reviewed on this site—and now Brazil’s King Car have all contributed to this recent automotive zeitgeist.  Think of King Car as Bacurau meets Cronenberg with heavy doses of political and social commentary.  If all this seems like

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