Monika’s Pensieve

I’m not sure all my attempts at mixing things up are going that well (I think my film diary format change is actually worse than what I had before ;-P). But I’m doing some further experimentation this month anyway.
So firstly, I’m introducing a “how much I want to see the film” rating:

+3
Very excited!
I’ve been obsessively [...]

{FILM DIARY}
Darbareye Elly (2009, Iran)
Seen: Monday, 26th January 2010
Runtime: 119′
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani
Production House: Dreamlab
Plot: Three Iranian families go out of town for a couple of days to have some fun and introduce Elly (a young teacher) to a recently divorced friend. Everything changes when Elly disappears and no one knows whether she is [...]

{FILM SPOTTING}
Every year, my January is busy and every year Polish film distributors sadistically release loads of movies I really want to see during this time ;-P Hope I get to see at least some of these *sigh*
Hunger (2008, UK/Ireland)
Release Date (Poland): 8th January 2010
Release Date (worldwide): 15th May 2008
Runtime: 96′
Director: Steve McQueen
Cast: Michael Fassbender
Production [...]

A short report on why certain countries are treated differently than others when it comes to nuclear weapons…

A short report from Al-Jazeera, which talks about how co-operation between the US and Iran would benefit all three parties.

The BBC asked three cartoonists from Afghanistan, Iran and Venezuela to sum up Obama’s presidency so far. Here’s what they came up with.

{FILM DIARY}
Osama (Afghanistan/Netherlands/Japan/Ireland/Iran, 2003)
Seen: Saturday, 11th April 2009 (DVD)
Runtime: 83′
Director: Siddiq Barmak
Cast: Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar
Production House: Barmak Film, Makhmalbaf Productions, Hubert Bals Fund, LeBrocquy Fraser Productions, NHK
Plot: During the Taleban regime in Afghanistan, a widow decides to dress her daughter up as a boy, so that at least one family member can [...]

A fun interview with American-Iranian actor and stand-up comedian Maz Jobrani:

If you’d like to check out a bit more of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour then see here :)

Tehrangeles is a word used to describe the Iranian diaspora in Los Angeles. Traditionally they have been Republican supporters. Many voted for George Bush in the previous elections.

I’m trying to finally get back to reading news - I miss it :]
So I just read an article about a railway being built between Afghanistan and Iran, financed by the USA. Somehow I found it strange since the US is supposed to consider Iran evil and all. Even more interesting, it says Iran has [...]