Friday, July 4, 2008 
Iranian-Canadian actress Saba Homayoon and Neil Hopkins star in this clever “homage” to French New Wave cinema. If you’ve ever had to sit through Godard without the benefit of a film studies degree and thus had no idea what was going on or why it was a big deal, you’ll totally love this.
And watch it […]
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The mysterious lady in the bathtub above is Asa Soltan Rahmati, Iranian artist and co-owner, with her filmmaker husband Shaheen Cheyene, of an amazing house in Venice, CA that’s the subject of a recent home renovation story in the LA Times. Soltan Rahmati’s work deals a lot with identity and nostalgia, and I’ve been following […]
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Pars Arts is on a mini-hiatus as I scour San Francisco for the best neighborhood to move to… and last night took me to dinner at Maykadeh restaurant in North Beach.
I heard from one source that this is a fantastic restaurant, and another assures me it’s not the best Persian food in the Bay Area. […]
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Check out this Marjane Satrapi Q&A. Persepolis comes out here in the US on December 25. Usually these short Q&As are really boring, but this one? No, definitely not boring:
Are you suggesting that veiling and unveiling women are equally reductive? I disagree. We have to look at ourselves here also. Why do all the […]
On October 23rd, PBS will begin airing a Frontline examination of U.S.-Iranian relations, ominously called Showdown With Iran.
The title and previews for this show seem to beat war drums; I’m encouraged only by the fact that PBS is airing this special. PBS has a long history of being even-handed in its political coverage and I […]
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Iranian-American Paris Marashi is one of the few live bloggers at the PopTech conference. Check out her posts on her blog and at Sounds Iranian.
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As promised, my review/post about Kiosk is up now, on LAist.com. Please leave comments, pass it along, etc.!
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