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PODCAST

Cinema Rex - Iranian Cinema Podcast

Kaveh Mohebbi & Faran Moradi

From Kiarostami to Abbasi, from Farrokhzad to Amirpour. From pre-revolutionary cinema to modern times. Join Iranian-Canadian filmmakers Kaveh Mohebbi and Faran Moradi (a screenwriter and a director) as they embark on a crash-course on all that Iranian cinema has to offer episode-to-episode one film at a time.

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All Episodes

54:45

053 - Zalava

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2025/10/09

Investigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist.Directed by Arsalan Amiri This film is available to watch on YouTube

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052 - Taxi

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2025/09/25

Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.Written and Directed by Jafar Panahi This film is available to view on Hoopla, or rent/own from Apple TV

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051 - The Report

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2025/09/11

A government tax auditor’s failing marriage unravels as his moral compromises at work mirror the growing alienation and mistrust in his home.Written and Directed by Abbas Kiarostami This film is available to view on the Criterion Channel

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01:42:09

050 - Hollywood Hitjobs: Septembers of Shiraz (ft....

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2025/08/28

In the wake of the Iranian Revolution, a prosperous Jewish family abandons everything before they are consumed by the passions of revolutionaries.Directed by Wayne Blair This film is available digitally in the USA from Fandango and in Canada through Plex and PlutoTV free with ads.

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01:16:22

049 - Sheeple

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2025/08/14

The honour Shahin and Shakoor, two brothers leading a powerful gang in the underbelly of Tehran, is brought into question when a video of their sister leaks, threatening to unravel not just their gang but their own family.Written and Directed by Houman Seyyedi This film is available to view on YouTube

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048 - The Cyclist

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2025/07/31

In an attempt to raise money for his sick wife's medical care, an Afghan refugee partakes in a grueling exhibition where he must bike, non-stop for seven days and seven nights - battling hunger, exhaustion and enemies who stand to gain from his loss.Written and Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. This film is available to view on YouTube.

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01:16:47

047 - Law of Tehran (Just 6.5)

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2025/07/17

Law of Tehran aka Just 6.5 aka Metri Shish o Neem tells the story of Samad (Payman Maadi) a narcotics detective in pursuit of a shadow drug kingpin Naser Khakzad (Navid Mohammadzadeh). One day a raid leads to capturing a low level dealer who leads to a bigger fish, who is somehow connected to the notorious drug lord.This film is available on Youtube.

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01:52:29

046 - Persepolis (ft. Kaveh Taherian)

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2025/07/03

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.Written & Directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud

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01:08:28

045 - Ashkan, the Charmed Ring and Other Stories

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2025/06/19

Two inept and unlucky blind men attempt a jewelry store robbery, setting off a chain of absurd, interwoven misadventures in a dryly comic tale about chance, failure, and the invisible threads between people.Written & Directed by Shahram Mokri

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01:09:54

044 - Dead End

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2025/06/05

After days of observing a mysterious man loitering outside her home, a young woman attempts to win this stranger's heart.Written and Directed by Parviz Sayyad

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043 - The Salesman

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2025/05/22

While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi.

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01:18:06

042 - Brick and Mirror

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2025/05/08

After Hashem finds an abandoned baby in the backseat of his taxi, he and his girlfriend, Taji, must decide the fate of this child.Written and Directed by Ebrahim Golestan

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01:12:14

041 - Chess of the Wind

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2025/04/24

A hypnotically stylized murder mystery awash in period atmosphere, unfolds inside a candlelit mansion, where a web of greed, violence, and betrayal ensnares potential heirs as they vie for control of their matriarch’s estate.Directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani

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01:38:12

040 - Hollywood Hitjobs: Argo (ft. Tehran)

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2025/04/10

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.Directed by Ben Affleck This film is available on Prime Video and Crave

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01:10:25

039 - The Lizard

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2025/03/27

A recently jailed petty thief disguises as a Mullah and succeeds in escaping; but has to stay in the Mullah' role longer than he expected.Directed by Kamal Tabrizi

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01:17:42

038 - Hamoun (ft. Mehrtash Mohit)

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2025/03/13

Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph. D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.Written and Directed by Dariush Mehrjui.

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01:20:58

037 - Samad Goes to School (ft. Agha Navid)

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2025/02/27

Samad and the other villagers attend school so that they can learn to read, when a gang of drug smugglers infiltrate their class resulting in a hilarious slapstick confrontation between the villagers and the gangsters.This movie is available on YouTube. Directed by Parviz Sayyad.

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036 - My Favourite Cake

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2025/02/17

Seventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening. Directed by Maryam Moghadam & Behtash Sanaeeha

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01:04:36

035 - Salam Cinema

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2025/01/31

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of film, Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf advertises an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting of these would-be actors.Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. This film is available for rental on Vimeo.

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01:46:29

034 - Shorts: Motherland, Empty Your Pockets,...

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2025/01/16

Our first short films special where we dive into films by Pegah Ahangarani, Kaveh Mazaheri, Tara Aghdashloo & Jasmin Mozaffari.This episode also includes special interviews with Jasmin Mozaffari and Arian Moayed.

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