Iran’s National Orchestra performed a concert titled ‘Neynava’ at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Oct. 21.Renowned Iranian musician Hossein Alizadeh had composed the musical piece titled ‘Neynava’ in 1981, which still remains one of his best works and a valuable piece of traditional Iranian music with a religious background, Honaronline reported.Neynava or Nineveh is the historical […]

‘The Fountain’, a 2006 science-fiction written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, is to be screened at Qolhak Cineplex on Oct. 25 at 9:30 p.m..It narrates the story of a man, Tom (played by Hugh Jackman) who travels through time on a quest for immortality, to save the woman (Rachel Weisz) he loves.As a 16th-century conquistador, […]

Story writer, psychologist and sculptor Manijeh Armin, 72, has undertaken a comparative character analysis of two seminal works ‘Masnavi’ written by Persian poet and scholar Rumi (1207-1273) and ‘Divine Comedy’ by Italian poet Dante (1256-1321).Titled ‘Character Analysis on Masnavi and Divine Comedy,’ the work is being prepared for release by the Tehran-based publishing house of […]

A painting of Mona Lisa with moustache by French-American painter, sculptor and writer Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was sold for $750,000 at Sotheby’s auction in Paris on Oct. 21.The artwork was among a collection of Dadaist and surrealist paintings owned by art investigator American Arthur Brand (1870-1943) put on sale in Paris.Over a color reproduction of […]

Twelve Iranian architecture groups are among the final winners of the 2017 2A Asia Architecture Award.The winners were announced on Oct. 20 at a ceremony held at Estrel Hotel of Berlin, Germany, and organized by 2A Magazine in the presence of the head of the award organizing committee, Iranian architecture publisher and researcher, Ahmad Zohadi.For […]

The crime/thriller ‘Memento’ helmed by Christopher Nolan is to be shown at Qolhak Cineplex on Oct. 24 at 9:30 p.m.  A man who suffers from short-term memory loss as a result of a head injury embarks on a grim quest to find the criminal who murdered his wife.The screenplay was written by Nolan based on […]

Qolhak Cineplex, one of the few venues to show foreign movies in Tehran, has announced its screening schedule for the Iranian month of Aban (Oct. 23-Nov. 21).It will have two showings of the best classic and new foreign movies every night.According to the cinema’s website, it will screen the feature film ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ […]

Qolhak Cineplex will also host the latest superhero film ‘Spiderman: Homecoming’ directed by Jon Watts on Oct. 25 at 9:30 p.m.In this second reboot of the movie franchise, based on the Marvel Comics, young Peter Parker, thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, returns home to live with his Aunt May.Under the watchful eye of […]

Iranian filmmaker Vahid Mousaian is coming to the 11th ‘Cinema Verite’ with his new documentary ‘The Symphony of Iran’. In the documentary Fereydoun Shahbazian, famous musician, composer and current leader of Iran National Orchestra goes on a journey to find the roots of Iranian traditional and Mugham music, IRNA reported. It took Mousaian nine years […]

TEHRAN — Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Ehsani’s documentary “Once Hamoun” has received an honorable mention at the Cine’Eco, an international environmental film festival in Portugal. “Once Hamoun” was screened in the short film competition, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Sunday. The documentary reviews the numerous environmental and social problems caused by the shrinkage of […]