New in Theaters: ‘About Elly’

Golshifteh Farahani in ‘About Elly’ (Cinema Guild)

AlthoughAsghar Farhadi finished his multilayered mysteryAbout Elly a couple years before his masterfulA Separation, it’s only getting a proper American release now. It’s about time.

My review forAbout Elly is atFilm Journal International:

Like bloodhounds that can’t ignore a scent once they have been put on it, the films of Asghar Farhadi keep circling back to one redolent and persistent problem: the demeaning, low status of women in Iranian...