REVIEWS
Post-film thoughts.
It Was Just an Accident: Panahi’s Suffering Seeks No Answers
Screened at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival, Jafar Panahi’s latest film It Was Just an Accident directly references the elusive tones of his torturers.
The Crowd (جماعت): Defiant Joy
A vertical video, clearly taken on a cellphone, of a chic millennial apartment. We pan over a group of friends dancing, goofing off, giggling. There is food and drink. One girl is singing. The opening scene of The Crowd resembles the kind of thing you could find on the camera roll of most people between the ages of 21 and 35 today. But by the end of the film, even this typical scenario feels like a statement of resilience.
