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By Berni E (366) on 01 Nov 2013

98% of the critics liked this - and I really wanted to too…

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By Edwin P (89) on 04 Oct 2013

The plight of Iranian filmmakers has been well documented…

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By Michael Z (241) on 22 Sep 2013

It's no 8 1/2, but This Is Not a Film is nonetheless a fresh look at the struggling, rebel artist in the modern world. 3/4…

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By Nicholas H (392) on 10 Sep 2013

It's hard to watch, partly because a man who loves his job cannot legally perform it, and partly because you will begin to feel as though you…

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By Kendall I (341) on 13 Jul 2013

Finally finished this in perhaps my 4th seating…

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By Dana F (381) on 27 May 2013

Well, it's not just a clever name... and it's not really a documentary either…

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By Emmanuel B (116) on 05 May 2013

A late addition to the Cannes film festival 2011 programme after being smuggled into France hidden inside a of cake, Iranian director Jafar…

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By Hytham E (80) on 18 Apr 2013

This is a movie for fringe film-making fans/aficionados. This is an inward looking movie…

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By Jerem M (155) on 12 Apr 2013

Not an easy documentary to handle, but if you can get through the lulls and stomach the injustice, this is one to see…

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By Simon M (879) on 05 Apr 2013

A day in the life of an Iranian director. How boring…

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By Dan L (903) on 31 Mar 2013

Thought-provoking, both of the film medium, and the state of the world…

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By Pourya E (185) on 31 Mar 2013

A documentary that was filmed in house arrest and smuggled out from Iran to Cannes in a flash drive hidden inside a birthday cake deserves…

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By Jim F (603) on 29 Mar 2013

I was hoping for more it had more production quality and less content than I hoped for. Just when it starts to get interesting, its over…

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By Neil R (177) on 27 Mar 2013

Laudable and important but - sacrilegious to say - a little dull and insufficiently political, philosophical or emotional…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Parallax View (176) on 23 Mar 2013

There's a tremendous power under the simple-looking surface…

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By Kj P (1,056) on 13 Mar 2013

This is Not a Film follows a filmmaker (Jafar Panahi) through his house after he has been released from prison, not being able to write, direct,…

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By Bill K (506) on 13 Mar 2013

I really can't fathom what anyone sees in this piece unless you are a film student or professional in the field. This is Not a GOOD film…

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By Varant T (1) on 01 Mar 2013

I don't understand why this is 99% fresh. I just wasted an hour and 15 mins on this, all because it got such a high fresh rating…

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By Alec C (61) on 01 Mar 2013

Not every day you get to watch a movie that was smuggled out of its own country on a USB drive...inside a cake…

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By Phantasm G (79) on 28 Feb 2013

To say YOLO is to mean that you only wish to live once. However, this movie makes me not want to live it all…

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