The 20 Best Documentaries of 2012

It was quite the unusual year for documentaries. One director made our list twice, with a movie about pop music and a movie about child murder. And our top three docs of the year were made by new feature filmmakers.  read more

This Is Not a Film

In December 2010, renowned Iranian director Jafar Panahi (Offside) was sentenced to six years in prison and banned from making films for 20 years. His crime? Supporting the opposition party during Iran’s highly charged 2009 election. Three months later on the eve of the Iranian New Year, while his wife and children are away delivering gifts, Panahi is home alone in his apartment. He turns on a camera....  read more

Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Released From Prison Following Hunger Strike, Cannes Pleas

Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been freed from a Tehran prison following two months of detainment for unnamed charges. He was arrested in March following his public support of Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in the country’s recent heavily-disputed presidential election....  read more