Finally gracing British shores after cooking up some sizable buzz at Cannes is this intriguing piece from Iranian arthouse superstar, Abbas Kiarostami. His first feature-length fiction since the Palme ...

One of the first images in "Certified Copy" is of a book, "Copia Conforme," resting by itself on a table. The cover displays the visage of Michelangelo’s statue of David, gazing archly at its own face ...

There are certain films that are simply magic. They are few and far between, and the experience of watching them often comes up over you. You realize you’re watching a masterpiece, and you don’t want ...

More compelling as an intellectual exercise than an emotional one, “Certified Copy” finds deep-thinking writer-director Abbas Kiarostami asserting there’s nothing new under the Tuscan sun, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

After years of working on photography, poetry and more experimental films, Abbas Kiarostami makes an engaging return to narrative cinema in a delicate, bittersweet comedy set in romantic Italy. By The ...

Studio/Runtime: IFC Films/106 min. In the tradition of Journey to Italy and Before Sunrise, Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy consists almost entirely of two people talking with each other. The ...

A certain obliquity is necessary for anyone working within a repressive regime like the Iran of the ayatollahs, and the circumspection of movie-makers there has contributed to the creation of a subtle ...