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Richard Peña

Festivals: Cannes 2012

By Richard Peña
July 5, 2012
Three films reaffirm the ascendancy of Latin American cinema in the 21st century

1999 Tehran Film Festival: Being There

By Richard Peña
June 17, 2011
Richard Peña reveals the not-so-forbidden fruit offered at the 1999 Tehran Film Festival

Uneasy Riders

By Richard Peña
June 1, 2011
While world cinema power blocs butted heads at Cannes, two Iranian gems got lost in the shuffle

Top to Bottom

By Richard Peña
May 27, 2011
From the corridors of power to the backstreets of the ghetto

Fringe Treasures

By Richard Peña
May 19, 2011
Two essential sidebars yield standouts both old and new

Where the Wild Things Are

By Richard Peña
May 15, 2011
Good stuff at the other end of the Croisette