Amir Soltani

2025 Favourite Films Not for the first time in recent years, 2025 ended up being one of those years that seem quite lean until about October or so, and then flood us with a flurry of great films. What felt like an underwh...

Good time to post my top 10 of the year on here, which includes Cutting Through Rocks, the amazing Iranian film about a rural woman running in elections against all odds. And now the film is nominated for Best Documentary at the Oscars! My heart is so full. boxd.it/RTNiQ

The Islamic government is a cancer on the world, and a menace to Iranian people. The sooner it is toppled, the safer Iranian people will be.

If you're wondering how the situation in Iran is going, the Islamic regime has massacred more than 12,000 people in the past couple of days under a total communications blackout, and is sending invoices in the thousands of dollars to their families for the cost of the bullets used to kill them.

Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why." Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"

Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization." Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces. Proud to be an American today! USA 🇺🇸"

Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster." Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City."

Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position" Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

My ranked list of every single best picture winner, with Cavalcade and The Greatest Show on Earth firmly at the very bottom: letterboxd.com/amiresque/li...

Rest in peace, Homayoun Ershadi.

Thank you for everything, but most specially for Taste of Cherry.

It's the hope that kills you.

I do not have the nerves for a seventh game.

Heading to bed, because I can't take this anymore. Fairly sure the game will still be on when I wake up.

Claudia Cardinale and Robert Redford dying in the same week puts the world in a hotness deficit not seen since at least the 19th century

All these reports about Trump say his poor health is "raising concerns" when all I see being raised is excitement.

Netanyahu called Iran's response to Israel bombing Iran 'premeditated murder of civilians, women and children' and I really think Netanyahu has proven once and for all that power gives itself the right to define and redefine words as to render them meaningless

I have also received first hand reports from my cousins that residential apartments in their neighbourhoods in Tehran have been struck.

Jafar Panahi has won the Golden Lion at Venice (THE CIRCLE), the Golden Bear at Berlin (TAXI), and now the Palme d'Or at Cannes (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT).

He is the fourth director to win top honors at all three festivals, after Clouzot, Antonioni, and Altman.

I love my boy Jafar

True (and cute) story about my mom's furniture, that somehow keeps ending up in films.

I believe that makes him a *checking notes* antisemite.

In case you're wondering what level of batshit crazy the propaganda of the bloodthirsty Israeli government has reached: the prime minister of Israel is accusing Yair Golan, the former IDF chief of staff(!!!!), of "antisemitic blood libel".

"Some online critics" = Zionist genocide apologists

A good reason to celebrate the Liberals' victory!

Literally every single demographic who voted for Trump now regrets it. Great job folks! Thanks for throwing the world into chaos.

And yet, Bruce Fanjoy was not affected by this tactic, because he's not a cringe-worthy, conspiracy theorist who turned off voters. People could read PP's name on the ballot, they just had no interest in electing him.

Mohsen was just released by the federal judge in VT!!

At this point I'm certain Trump's brain is just a pile of rotten mush. This literally reads like an Onion piece, but it really is Trump just bragging about costing Canada's Conservative party the election.

Me to @brucefanjoy.bsky.social right now:

discourse is so focused on how terror will creep over these arbitrary separations of non-status/citizens, criminals/law-abiding, when really an attack on anyone is an attack on all and needs to be considered as such

Oh my goodness! I forgot that's the same day!

Please don't jinx it just yet!!!

This is my favourite film of 2024. Don't miss it!

What James said -- and it continues to depress me that Poilievre is just the latest in a long line of Conservative politicians who's realized they can say absolutely anything they want into a microphone and never be held accountable for it.