‘Universal Language' Director Matthew Rankin Wants Everyone to Make Art with Their Friends
Director Matthew Rankin's odyssey through a Winnipeg dotted with homages to Iranian film history - and featuring the coziest ...
How Matthew Rankin’s ‘Universal Language’ creates a fantastical version of reality
Using real stories from the filmmaker’s life, he and his Iranian co-writers Ila Firouzabad and Pirouz Nemati create a world ...
Post-apocalyptic farmers, live-streaming tombs? TIFF's top Canadian films of 2024 honours 'risk-taking' cinema
The Toronto International Film Festival's annual showcase of the country’s best features includes titles by Sook-Yin Lee, David Cronenberg, Matthew Rankin and more.
Three Compelling Films to Seek Out This February and March
This time of year, we find ourselves in a lame-duck period on the movie calendar, with much of Hollywood’s energy directed toward Academy Award–nominated titles in the run-up to the March 2 ceremony.
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Thieving turkeys, giant earmuffs and the Guess Who: The new Canadian comedy ‘Universal Language’ is an absurdist delight
In the cockeyed Canada of Matthew Rankin’s nutty comedy “Universal Language,” Winnipeg is colourful and bustling while Montreal is dreary and almost comatose. Peter Howell is a Toronto-based ...
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Matthew Rankin delivers Oscar-shortlisted, Cannes prize-winning Universal Language to Metro Cinema
Learning Farsi in advance to accommodate his singular vision of a film set in “a mysterious and surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg,” Matthew Rankin did such an alluring job on ...
‘Universal Language’ Review: Guy Maddin Meets Abbas Kiarostami in a Deadpan Canadian Fable
Tehran comes to Winnipeg in 'Universal Language,' Matthew Rankin's singular gem about cross-cultural exchange.