FILMS from AFAR

The German film "Toni Erdmann," about a retired father trying to reconnect with and potentially save his estranged workaholic daughter,...

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is on a roll. Two of his last three films won foreign-language Oscars, and he routinely earns top awards...

In the Saudi Arabian movie “Wadjda,” the 10-year-old title character has to be reminded that girls shouldn’t speak aloud where men might...

Iran, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Chad, Somalia, North Korea and Venezuela – they're all on the American government’s latest travel ban,...

I’m a sucker for a flawed hero. I’ll take an overweight, chain-smoking, morally conflicted leading man over an infallible,...

In a bold move last year, the Mexican film Desierto used Donald Trump’s voice as part of its marketing campaign. Trump’s claims that...