Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi and a man dressed as a Christmas tree in 'Universal Language.' - Credit: Oscilloscope It’s a ...

It’s not unusual for a city to double for another metropolis in movies. New Yorkers have long been able to spot when Toronto has been substituted for the Big Apple. Matthew Rankin, though, has gone ...

Still from Universal Language (2024), dir. Matthew Rankin, with Rojina Esmaeili as “Negin” (image courtesy Oscilloscope Laboratories) In Universal Language, director Matthew Rankin transforms the ...

"A strange odyssey with plenty of riches." Oscilloscope Labs has revealed the first trailer for an acclaimed, one-of-a-kind film from Canada titled Universal Language, the second feature from Canadian ...

Matthew Rankin’s Farsi- and French-language offbeat homage to Iranian cinema bowed in Cannes and will also screen in Toronto. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The absurdist comedy in the Farsi and ...

Canada’s submission to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for the 2024 Best International Feature was Matthew Rankin’s “Universal Language.” Good luck getting into the heads of a ...

Director Matthew Rankin's odyssey through a Winnipeg dotted with homages to Iranian film history - and featuring the coziest Tim Horton's ever designed - has the same title in English and French, ...

Oddball Canadian comedy, “Universal Language” was named the winner of the Bright Horizons Award on Saturday at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Other top prizes went to went to Latvian ...