Cinema Rex - Iranian Cinema Podcast

An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.
Directed by Kourosh Ahari

Investigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist.
Directed by Arsalan Amiri
This film is available to watch on YouTube

Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.
Written and Directed by Jafar Panahi
This film is available to view on Hoopla, or rent/own from Apple TV

A government tax auditor’s failing marriage unravels as his moral compromises at work mirror the growing alienation and mistrust in his home.
 
Written and Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
This film is available to view on the Criterion Channel

In the wake of the Iranian Revolution, a prosperous Jewish family abandons everything before they are consumed by the passions of revolutionaries.
Directed by Wayne Blair
This film is available digitally in the USA from Fandango and in Canada through Plex and PlutoTV free with ads.

The honour Shahin and Shakoor, two brothers leading a powerful gang in the underbelly of Tehran, is brought into question when a video of their sister leaks, threatening to unravel not just their gang but their own family.
Written and Directed by Houman Seyyedi
This film is available to view on YouTube

In an attempt to raise money for his sick wife's medical care, an Afghan refugee partakes in a grueling exhibition where he must bike, non-stop for seven days and seven nights - battling hunger, exhaustion and enemies who stand to gain from his loss.
Written and Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
This film is available to view on YouTube.
 

Law of Tehran aka Just 6.5 aka Metri Shish o Neem tells the story of Samad (Payman Maadi) a narcotics detective in pursuit of a shadow drug kingpin Naser Khakzad (Navid Mohammadzadeh). One day a raid leads to capturing a low level dealer who leads to a bigger fish, who is somehow connected to the notorious drug lord.This film is available on Youtube. 

A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
Written & Directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud

Two inept and unlucky blind men attempt a jewelry store robbery, setting off a chain of absurd, interwoven misadventures in a dryly comic tale about chance, failure, and the invisible threads between people.
 
Written & Directed by Shahram Mokri