Issue 1616

Jafar Panahi is the Iranian neo-realist

Since his 2011 arrest, Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s fimmaking has become a cause célèbre in the cinema world. We take a look at his life, his work, and the events leading up to his ban on producing films.

Ratatat funkify Brixton

Mast and Stroud have their hands full on stage in a constant frenzy of gnarly jams

University ‘not such a’ Challenge

Hundreds of students flock to Beit bars to watch Imperial team storm to 305-75 victory over Cambridge’s Sidney Sussex

Bond leaves feminists shaken not stirred

Everything else has been brought into the present, but the portrayal of women is stuck in the past

Union replaces tree in Beit Quad

It’s been tripping you up for years, and now it’s gone forever

Jafar Panahi is a rebel with a cause

Taxi Tehran is a defiant, bold work which runs circles around the censors

Imperial triumphs at royal start-up competition

'Unmade' took home the grand prize

Documentary Corner

This week, it's Jiro Dreams of Sushi

The top three animated films that aren’t made by Pixar

Our regular column on classics in a genre you might've missed