Today his film “Jafar Panahi’s Taxi” comes out in the U.S., and it too is not a movie. It’s just him pretending to be a taxi driver, taking everyday Iranians around the city.

For most filmmakers, picking up a camera is a form of expression. For Jafar Panahi, it’s an act of political resistance.Having been arrested several times (as recently as July of this year ...

Jafar is a proud man, one who has paid more than most for his art; there are places where you have to draw the line. If Panahi makes us understand Jafar, he also recognizes the rippling effect of ...

“No Bears,” the latest masterpiece from the dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, begins on a lively commercial block in Turkey, where the cries of vendors intermingle with street music ...

Jafar Panahi has taken risky circumstances and turned them into art. “This is Not a Film” delivers a sharp, measured critique of the conditions that now find him on his way to jail.