Produced in an era crowded with movies about division, Matthew Rankin’s ‘Universal Language’ stands out for its generosity, for the way it insists that compassion is always possible, even in an estran ...

At the crossroads of Iranian and Canadian culture, “Universal Language” is a unique mixture of surrealism and normalcy. The ...

"We are living in an era that is increasingly cruel, mean, and rigid," says director Matthew Rankin, but "art still has the ...

As a surreal, offbeat blending of Canada and Iran, “Universal Language” boast a tone that is both somber and humorous, Dan Webster says.

Matthew Rankin’s love of Iran’s filmmaking titans inspires his on-screen vision of a make-believe Winnipeg. The quickest way ...

Universal Language” is a true sleeper, a Canadian comedy that imagines a version of Winnipeg that has an Iranian cultural influence. The movie is opening at the Magic Lantern, and Nathan Weinbender ...

Unconventional director Matthew Rankin affirms his reputation for atypical filmmaking with absurdist comedy 'Universal ...

Emrooz analyzed Russia’s proposal for mediating between Iran and America based on a Tuesday report by Bloomberg: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia believes that America and Iran should ...

Along with being a mad mashup of Guy Maddin, Powell and Pressburger, Kenneth Anger and the Japanese horror whatzit House, Century saw Rankin garishly addressing the repression and oppression lurking ...

(The film is co-written by Farsi speakers Pirouz Nemati and Ila Firouzabadi.) On another level, the “universality” here is of course the human condition, with all the textures, fissures ...

In unison they read: “We are lost forever in this world.” “Universal Language,” scripted by Rankin, Ila Firouzabadi and Pirouz Nemati, lightly juggles a handful of characters we intermittently check ...

Elsewhere, a tour guide named Massoud (Pirouz Nemati) struggles to interest visitors in his favorite things about Winnipeg: an empty mall, an apartment building where “many nice unknown people ...