Photo: Tom Pollock, Annette Bening, Frank Pierson, Ellen Harrington, Alfre Woodard and Bill Horberg in Persepolis, Shiraz - March 2009. | Photo by: Hamidreza Pournasiri | Related post
10 Days in Iran
March 12, 2009
The most amazing thing I've ever done in my short life was being with the delegation of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Iran as their guide and interpreter. [+related article] The president of Academy, Sid Ganis, the ex-president of Academy and the legendary writer, Frank Pireson, three-time...More
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Cho's Manifesto
December 30, 2008
Besides my interests in Mohammad Rahmanian's plays, I admire his courage for experiencing new ways. His latest play, named Cho's Manifesto, is a good sample for his curiosity of new experiences. The play is about Virginia Tech massacre, and tells the story of some actors who try to retell the...More
Golshifteh Farahani's new life
October 9, 2008
Golshifteh Farahanis' appearance on 'Body of Lies' has been the hottest topic of Persian cyberspace. Last year, I heard she's gone to Hollywood to play a role in a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, but it remained confidential and nobody spoke officially on this. Just journalists was aware of this. But...More
Flashing ads!
September 13, 2008
I know it would be called 'sexist' or 'abusing woman's body' or whatever, but I saw these funny pictures of tourism advertising. I strongly call it 'creative' instead of anything else. You know, as a guy in love with advertisements and graphics, I just can adore the idea. And feel...More
The archive of IRIB...
September 2, 2008
I don't know what the wrong is with IRIB's archives, but most of the movies and pictures coming from there, are different from their original version in quality and image colors. I guess there is not an awareness of the value of archive in IRIB (Iran's broadcasting company). Last night...More
Katie Melua
October 23, 2007
I’ve been a fan of Katie Melua! She’s great! I found her suddenly on EuroNews some days ago – she was talking on her career and works – and I liked the video was being played during interview. It was “If you were a sailboat” form her last album; Pictures....More
Avanti!
September 15, 2007
As a big fan of Billy Wilder’s movies and screenplays, reading ‘Conversations with Wilder’ was an amazing experience for me. It’s a long interview with him, by Cameron Crowe, who is the director of Jerry Maguire, and is so attractive for a movie-worm! The book is full of detailed memories...More
God's Warriors
August 23, 2007
Today I saw a documentary on cnn by Christiane Amanpour named God’s Warriors. It’s a 3-episode documentary about fundamental beliefs in Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Living in a religious country, I always was curious about different religions and their effects on our lives. If you’ve missed the first episode on...More
Hossein Alizadeh on stage
August 19, 2007
One of my favorite Iranian composers, Hossein Alizadeh, is going on stage next Sept. I don’t know if any of you are in Tehran, but I strongly recommend you not to miss this concert. Hermes records is the organizer of this concert and you can book tickets at this page....More
Beyond Persia
August 12, 2007
I haven’t post anything here for several months and it’s a shame! In recent months I was busy with some interesting projects and some boring classes and exams! But today I found a new website that made me to write something. The website is named Beyond Persia and is trying...More