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from Simenon to Hitchcock (film: Maigret tend un piège – Jean Delannoy, 1957)

Jean Delannoy lived to be a hundred years old and directed some 40 feature films in a career spanning over six decades. He was a contemporary of classical French cinema, of the directors of the New Wave and those who … Continue reading

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‘film noir’ in Tehran (film: Law of Tehran / Metri shesh va nim – Saeed Roustayi, 2019)

We are used to Iranian films that are different. Many of them feature plots inspired by everyday and family life, and their beauty lies in the combination of subtle subjects and dialogues and the presentation of the life in a … Continue reading

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