We are now officially half way through the year and so I’ve asked our staff to vote for their favourite films released thus far. Hollywood blockbusters may have disappointed us, but thankfully we can always rely on independent filmmakers to create some truly inspiring films. Rounding out the special mentions is Terrence Malick’s To The …
Like Someone in Love Directed by Abbas Kiarostami France, Japan, 2012 Abbas Kiarostami continues to direct away from, but still in the spirit of Iran with his 2012 effort Like Someone in Love. In a film that is visually different but thematically similar to his Iranian-language masterpiece Taste of Cherry, Kiarostami ruminates on obsessive love …
Like Someone in Love Directed by Abbas Kiarostami Written by Abbas Kiarostami France and Japan, 2012 The three main characters of Like Someone in Love are introverted and desperate for connection, yet that desperation is what separates them so violently from the world around them. A college student, a volatile mechanic, and a kindly widower …
Like Someone in Love Written by Abbas Kiarostami Directed by Abbas Kiarostami France/Japan, 2012 Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love wastes little time in developing its singular strangeness. As a follow-up to Certified Copy, this film doesn’t quite inhibit the unique formal prowess of said predecessor, but functions as a deliberately puzzling waltz of a film in its …