The Hollywood Reporter

Cannes: ‘Parallel Tales,’ Iranian Master Asghar Farhadi’s Competition Film, Premieres to Polite Ovation

The French-language drama boasts an all-star Gallic cast that includes Isabelle Huppert, Virginia Efira, Vincent Cassel and, in a small role, Catherine Deneuve. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of ...
The Guardian

Parallel Tales review – Isabelle Huppert pens furtive sexual fantasy for Vincent Cassel in Asghar Farhadi’s latest

Cannes film festival: Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi returns to France with this intriguing middleweight meta-drama featuring a cameo from Catherine Deneuve Asghar Farhadi is the Iranian auteur whose ...
TheWrap

‘Parallel Tales’ Review: Asghar Farhadi Reckons With Being a Steward of Stories Real and Imagined

Director Asghar Farhadi’s “Parallel Tales (Histoires Parallèles)” features plenty of rear window spying and voyeuristic uses of audio equipment, but despite easy comparisons to the works of Hitchcock, ...
The New York Times

4 Easy Ways to Make Sure No One Can Read Your Text Messages

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Max Eddy Max Eddy is a writer who has covered privacy and security — including ...
Variety

Asghar Farhadi Blows Kisses as French Drama ‘Parallel Tales,’ Starring Isabelle Huppert, Scores 5.5-Minute Cannes Ovation

Asghar Farhadi made a grand return to Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night with the debut of “Parallel Tales,” his French-language drama starring Isabelle Huppert, earning a 5.5-minute standing ...
BGR

Australia's Floating Solar Array Is Doing A Lot More Than Generating Electricity

Australia's water supplies are evaporating. According to researchers at Deakin University, the country's water infrastructure loses nearly 370 billion gallons every year due to evaporation, about ...
Yahoo

‘Parallel Tales’ Review: Asghar Farhadi’s Dire Kieślowski Adaptation Turns ‘A Short Film About Love’ Into a Long Film About Nothing

Loosely adapting “A Short Film About Love” into a long film about nothing, Asghar Farhadi’s cramped and tedious “Parallel Tales” forfeits the sordid humanity of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s masterpiece in ...
Deadline.com

Oscar Winner Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Parallel Tales’ Gets 7-Minute Ovation In Cannes

Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi‘s first feature in five years received a warm welcome in Cannes on Thursday as an enthusiastic audience gave Parallel Tales a seven-minute ovation after ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Parallel Tales’ Review: A Deluxe Ensemble Led by Isabelle Huppert and Virginie Efira Can’t Help Asghar Farhadi’s Aimless Movie Find Its Compass

Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney and Adam Bessa also star in the Oscar-winning Iranian director's drama about voyeurism and imagination, his second French-language feature following 2013’s 'The Past.' By ...
Futurism

Versions of You in Other Universes May Be Subtly Affecting Your Destiny, Oxford Physicist Says

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Screen International

‘Parallel Tales’ review: Asghar Farhadi drama is convoluted, superficial musing on the interplay between fact and fiction

Art and life are in conversation in Parallel Tales, an intriguing but ultimately frustrating exploration of the mysteries of storytelling. Loosely basing his film on the sixth chapter of Krzysztof ...