Sensitive bookworm falls for repressed jock. It’s a tale that’s been told on screen in Get Real, Heartstopper, and countless other emotionally fraught coming-of-ages. But by centering on two men whose ...

His cinema, TIME notes, confronts the realities of life under repression while foregrounding the human cost of political control ...

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulov, who in May 2024 escaped from Iran to Europe after receiving a jail sentence from the country’s authorities for making his drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” has ...

But now Walter Salles, one of his country’s most respected and influential directors (Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries), has taken that plunge into the past. I’m Still Here plays on dualities: ...

Wake Forest University will look at issues surrounding repressive regimes and surviving torture and its repercussions at a film screening and theater production this week. The WFU Women's and Gender ...