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Ali Naderzad

Paris
As seen in: Screen Comment, Medium, Substack, Le HuffPost, Chowhound, Office Magazine, tmrw, Festival Flyer
Covers:  music and film
Journalist at Screen Comment, natto and kimchi amateur. Collège Stanislas and Columbia University. Raving since 1991.
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CANNES DAYS 8 and 9 | "La fille inconnue," "Personal Shopper," "Inversion" and "Juste la fin du m...

CANNES DAYS 8 and 9 | "La fille inconnue," "Personal Shopper," "Inversion" and "Juste la fin du m...

screencomment.com — The second part of the Cannes Festival is turning out to be more challenging, quality-wise, than the first where "Ma Loute" and "Mal de Pierres," an off-kilter comedy and a love drama respectively, were easy to stamp as good cinema.
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Putting Community First in the LA Lowrider Game

Putting Community First in the LA Lowrider Game

Office Magazine — "There's all kinds of car clubs, we all unite as one. We get together, you want a plate, help yourself."
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tmrw | EVERYBODY LOVES SURFING: 'A GREAT DAY IN THE STOKE'

tmrw | EVERYBODY LOVES SURFING: 'A GREAT DAY IN THE STOKE'

tmrw — Step into photographer Taghi Naderzad's spirited series celebrating the Black community in surfing. When only a child of six, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American youngster to desegregate an all-white school in Louisiana. The year was 1960. How the times have changed, and how they haven't, since.
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When the private chaos of a relationship becomes public matter; "ANATOMY OF A FALL" | Cannes

When the private chaos of a relationship becomes public matter; "ANATOMY OF A FALL" | Cannes

Screen Comment — My other favorite this year along with "The zone of interest" is "Anatomy of a fall" ("Anatomie d'une chute"), directed by Justine Triet. It's a courtroom drama around a writer's sudden death at his chalet. His wife (Sandra Hüller) is also a writer.
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CLUB ZERO (Cannes 2023)

CLUB ZERO (Cannes 2023)

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Revolution, jihad and family ties in "FOUR DAUGHTERS" | Cannes

Revolution, jihad and family ties in "FOUR DAUGHTERS" | Cannes

Screen Comment — In 2015 two of Olfa Hamrouni's four daughters left home to join the Islamic State in Libya. Tunisia was becoming known as the leading exporter of jihadists then. "They were eaten by the wolf," the mother ominously says in the beginning in an attempt to rationalize their absence, her remaining two daughters by her side.
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Techno, Art and Futurismo:

Techno, Art and Futurismo:

tmrw — Italians and the rest of the world, 90,000 people from 105 countries, were brought together in Parco Dora, an industrial park in the middle of Turin, northern Italy, by techno's driving basslines.
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Writer Portfolio (updated October 2023)

Writer Portfolio (updated October 2023)

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