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Iran
Posted inMovies & TV
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi Confessions
A Bitter, Beautiful Portrait of Modern Iran
A bitter, beautiful portrait of modern Iran.
Posted inMovies & TV
The Jail-y Show
Jon Stewart’s Iranian Prison Drama Rosewater
Rosewater: Jon Stewart made an Iranian prison drama. It’s not funny.
Posted inQueer
Gay in Iran
How a Canadian TV Documentary Ruined My Life
“A TV documentary outed me to the world—and while I was living in Iran. That’s a problem.”
Posted inMovies & TV
Best Hostage Crisis Ever!
Argo Rocks, and Ben Affleck Does Too
Argo rocks, and so does Ben Affleck. There. I said it.
Posted inMovies & TV
Life and Death and Music
The Musical Devotion of Persian Cats
The musical devotion of No One Knows About Persian Cats.
Posted inOne Day at a Time
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
This week on TLC: Jon Minus Kate Plus an Unconfirmed Number of Slutbags.
