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“It Was Just an Accident” is a departure for Jafar Panahi—a thriller at times reminiscent of Scorsese. But instead of mobsters navigating the violent codes of the underworld, he gives us a cat-and-mouse struggle between former political prisoners and the intelligence apparatus of the state.
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Introducing “Just Like Us,” a celebrity and online culture column by Grazie Sophia Christie for our Substack. First up, the Shakespearean twists and turns of Season Ten of Summer House:
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New online, Mehrdad Babadi on Jafar Panahi’s uneasy, precise exploration of ethical impasse in “It Was Just an Accident”:
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“I enjoy watching games with my family so much that I sometimes get depressed even after a win. I feel suddenly adrift, my adrenaline dissipating as I return to my dull life. What is there now, I wonder, to be excited about?”
New on Forms of Life, Tim Aubry on family life with the Knicks:
In Taxi (2015), Jafar Panahi stages a brief but haunting moment that, in retrospect, feels like the seed of his most recent film, It Was Just an Accident(2025).
In Taxi (2015), Jafar Panahi stages a brief but haunting moment that, in retrospect, feels like the seed of his most recent film, It Was Just an Accident(2025).
It’s the final day of our summer sale—shop 50% off back issues, 40% off books by Point editors and contributors, and 30% off merch here:
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After my parents divorced, my dad started his own advertising agency in Manhattan and determined that his efforts to woo clients would be immeasurably enhanced […]
“I enjoy watching games with my family so much that I sometimes get depressed even after a win. I feel suddenly adrift, my adrenaline dissipating as I return to my dull life. What is there now, I wonder, to be excited about?”
New on Forms of Life, Tim Aubry on family life with the Knicks:
After my parents divorced, my dad started his own advertising agency in Manhattan and determined that his efforts to woo clients would be immeasurably enhanced […]
