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The Film Stage by Glenn Heath Jr.
Chess of the Wind is a shining example of how familiar genres and tones can meld together to form something that feels brand new.
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The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
Aslani pulls story threads together with an elegant moving camera that doesn’t immediately give up all the secrets a scene may contain.
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RogerEbert.com by Godfrey Cheshire
Even measured against the Iranian and international cinematic treasures of the ‘70s, Aslani’s vision is still breathtakingly distinctive, an incisively devastating social critique embedded in a complex tale of intrigue, greed, oppression, and murder. The film is also, and perhaps most strikingly, a stylistic tour de force.
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Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
It’s somewhat challenging and methodical in its pacing, but if you respond to it — as I did — this ghost from Iran’s 1970s New Wave is a reason to give thanks.