Movies: Mojtaba Batvandi

A complex and sometimes combative exchange at an Iranian broadcaster over a certain Hollywood blockbuster disguises deeper ruptures, in Farnoosh Samadi’s wry and subtly provocative drama....

On an empty road, a man pulls over to give a ride to a hitchhiker holding a wheel but as the stranger approaches the car, the man gets too scared to let him in. Shortly after, while he's dining the hitchhiker gets off a truck recognizing the driver's...