I was already tense during the opening titles of Asghar Farhadi’s latest, The Salesman. Having seen several of his films, I was prepared for something akin to a thriller, or even a pastoral murder mystery, […]

I was already tense during the opening titles of Asghar Farhadi’s latest, The Salesman. Having seen several of his films, I was prepared for something akin to a thriller, or even a pastoral murder mystery, […]
Director Asghar Farhadi (Darbareye Elly, A Separation) subtly captures a certain fact about domestic life: even small moments and gestures contain large amounts of potential energy. A kindly way of taking a woman’s hand (which […]