Author Spotlight

Ehsan Khoshbakht

Ehsan Khoshbakht is the codirector of Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, Italy. An architect by training, he curates films around the world and is also a filmmaker (Filmfarsi, Duke Ellington in Isfahan). His latest book, Asghar Farhadi: Interviews (coedited with Drew Todd), is forthcoming from the University Press of Mississippi.

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Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 4

Chess of the Wind: The Glorious Miniature of an Upheaval

A long-obscure landmark of the Iranian New Wave, Mohammad Reza Aslani’s daringly ambiguous portrait of feudalism’s demise mirrors the revolutionary times in which it was made.

By Ehsan Khoshbakht

Essays— Sep 28, 2022