100% This Is Not a Film

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The triumph of This Is Not a Film is not only an artistic one -- the very existence of this movie is a gift. No wonder it came to us in a cake.

Fascinating for what it signifies as much as what it shows, "This Is Not a Film" illustrates how Panahi is struggling to stay alive creatively and, paradoxically, can't help but demonstrate how much of a natural filmmaker he is.

Against all odds, an unquenchable artist has made yet another piece of powerful art.

It's irrefutably art, and undeniably vital.

Any way you slice it, it's a brave and brilliant act of defiance.

The film is terrific ... at capturing the drip-drip-drip of what amounts to, basically, Panahi's home imprisonment.

It is not a protest; it is a plea. This is not a filmmaker who is a threat to his country; this is a national - and international - treasure.

Utterly heartbreaking. . . a moving addition to Panahi's oeuvre . . . [Iran] could try to silence one of its greatest filmmakers, but couldn't stop him creating art.

A devastating meditation on artistry and form.

This Is Not a Film is so technically modest that it almost isn't a film. Yet in its simplicity it's as direct as a laser beam...

This Is Not A Film and A Separation masterfully show Iranians that are full of the same passions, concerns and desires as the rest of the world-an incredibly important accomplishment now that the drumbeat to war grows louder each day.

A clandestine last gasp of freedom from one of Iran's most creative and controversial film directors while under house arrest.

Sure it is -- and a great one at that.

A brave, provocative, thoroughly compelling feat. You won't forget it anytime soon.

This deceptively simple, day-in-the-life-of documentary about Iranian director Jafar Panahi is an act of defiance against the filmmaking ban imposed on him by Iranian authorities.

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