A Separation director Asghar Farhadi cleared of plagiarism claims, says agent
The double Oscar winner’s film A Hero won the grand prix at Cannes in 2021 but was the subject of an alleged copyright infringement brought by a former student
March 2023
Winners review – Oscar statuette goes missing in free-spirited ode to Iranian cinema
An award belonging to director Asghar Farhadi goes missing in Iran in this slow-paced, heart-on-sleeve comedy about the curative magic of the movies
April 2022
Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi faces plagiarism trial in Iranian court
Director and grand prix winner at last year’s Cannes festival for A Hero was sued by former student for using story from her documentary without credit
January 2022
How Oscar-tipped Iranian drama A Hero nails social media fallout
The film by Asghar Farhadi is a rare example of capturing how social media influences our postures offline, while barely engaging with the internet itself
Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi: ‘Global recognition is double-edged’
He has been detained at airports and told never to return to Iran. But the director, who could be about to win his third Oscar, refuses to be silenced about outrages in his own country – and in the west
A Hero review – powerful moral drama from a master of Iranian cinema
Two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi hits home once more with this complex tale of a debtor who tries to make good
July 2021
Titane may not have been the best film at Cannes, but it had guts, drive – and an anthro-automotive hybrid devil child
Peter Bradshaw
A Hero review – Asghar Farhadi’s realist tale is just too messy and unsatisfactory
June 2021
Cannes makes up for lost time with a thrilling auteur-packed lineup
Peter Bradshaw
After a year off, Leos Carax should have punters at each others’ throats – and Wes Anderson will boost the blood sugar
May 2021
The stage on screen
The Salesman: Arthur Miller’s American classic reframed in Iran
Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning film about two married actors has intriguing parallels with the play they are performing
February 2020
Lost in translation: when film-makers hit the language barrier
Making films in another language is always a risk – for every Yorgos Lanthimos-style success, there’s a Wong Kar-wai disaster lurking around the corner
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
May 2018
Cannes 2018: Asghar Farhadi demands Iran lift travel ban on Jafar Panahi
At the press conference for opening night film Everybody Knows, Farhadi expressed solidarity for Panahi, whose new drama Three Faces is also playing in competition
Everybody Knows review – Cruz and Bardem pull no punches in heavyweight kidnap drama
Iranian director Farhadi opens Cannes with a film that explores the unhealed wound at the heart of a Spanish family with pitiless efficiency and sheer muscular flair
Cannes 2018: our critic's 10 must-see films at this year's festival
Asghar Farhadi goes Spanish, Spike Lee delivers a biopic of the black police officer who infiltrated the KKK – and Lars von Trier returns
April 2018
Cannes film festival 2018: full list of films
The official selection has been announced for the 71st Cannes film festival running 8-19 May. Here are all the titles screening
Peter Bradshaw on the Cannes 2018 lineup: Netflix out, plenty of newcomers in
The streaming giant has been barred, the female director quotient is low, but the lineup, from Asghar Farhadi’s opener onwards, is undeniably smart-looking
Solo: A Star Wars Story to receive world premiere at Cannes
The Ron Howard-directed spinoff will screen out of competition at the prestigious film festival in May
May 2017
Iranian film director Farhadi endorses Rouhani for president
Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi throws his weight behind moderate incumbent before Friday’s poll
March 2017
The Salesman review – Oscar-winning excellence
This Iranian domestic drama from the director of A Separation lays its symbolism on with a trowel – but it works
