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Abbas Kiarostami

A collection of 7 posts

24 Frames (2018)

In which Overstreet returns to writing about movies for Good Letters with a celebration of Abbas Kiarostami's final, enigmatic, meditative movie.

Farewell to the Master

My favorite living filmmaker? I don't know how to answer that. Not anymore. The answer was clear — Abbas Kiarostami, the visionary who brought us Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, Certified Copy, and Like Someone in Love. But Kiarostami died on Monday, July 4. He was

Certified Copy (2010)

It's October 2015, and I haven't seen a film yet this decade that I love more than the one that I saw for the first time five years ago this month: Certified Copy, by Abbas Kiarostami. Here are the first impressions that I wrote at the

Like Someone in Love (2012)

Like Someone in Love (2012)

The last film that enthralled me as much as this one? It may have been "Certified Copy," the last Kiarostami film, which I've revisited almost ten times since its release.

On Movies & Media

Before Sunrise, Certified Copy, My Dinner with Andre: Who Would You Cast in a Two-Person Movie?

If you could cast a two-person movie and just watch them meander through conversations for 90 minutes, which two actors would you cast?

On Movies & Media

Filmwell Returns!

Over the last week, I've been thrilled to see Filmwell - the collaborative and strange film blog for adventurous cinephiles that I started with Michael Leary a couple of years ago - transplanted to a new home base at The Other Journal, an online magazine I've

The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)

This review was written as a summary for the Arts and Faith Top 100 Films List. - The Wind Will Carry Us is often hailed as the masterpiece of Iran’s most celebrated filmmaker, Abbas Kiarostami. Apparently lost, some men who claim to be treasure hunters drive their jeep through