By Gary D. Rhodes. Multi-theatre construction is the latest thing.” – Mel Lebewitz, Northwest Cinema Corporation, 1972 Build them and they will come.” – Jeff Forman, Buena Vista Pictures, 1996 In 1970, a film magazine pointedly asked readers, “Whatever happened to the singles?” The question wasn’t about dollar bills or […]
Burning the Past, and the Future: Shahram Mokri’s Careless Crime
By Ali Moosavi. Careless Crime is an unsettling and dazzling achievement, using a real-life crime at the onset of the Iranian Revolution to examine cinema and its relation to reality versus illusion.” With only four feature films under his belt, the Iranian director Shahram Mokri has established himself as a […]