A Jewish Frenchman posing as a Persian eludes death by teaching a fictional form of the Persian language to a Nazi commandant in this improbable Holocaust drama. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ...

In spite of its compelling premise and performances, Persian Lessons feels clumsy. Vadim Perelman’s Holocaust drama tells the story of Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), a Belgian Jewish man who ...

Siraj Wahhaj and the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing . . . Again Audio By Carbonatix As I am always in the market for film recommendations, I assume that this may be the case for many of my readers as ...

The time has come to retire the phrase “inspired by true events” as an introductory subtitle for narrative films. Given the level of invention that enters into any work of art, whether it be a ...

When Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) is arrested by Nazis and put on a train to a concentration camp, he has every reason to believe that his life is over. It’s 1942 in Nazi-occupied France, and all ...