More compelling as an intellectual exercise than an emotional one, “Certified Copy” finds deep-thinking writer-director Abbas Kiarostami asserting there’s nothing new under the Tuscan sun, ...

In Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy, his first film shot outside of his native Iran, a middle-aged couple named James and, simply, “She” (William Shimell and Juliette Binoche) drive around the ...

“Certified Copy,” which opens tomorrow (and which David Denby writes about in the magazine this week), features some firsts for its director, Abbas Kiarostami. He filmed it in Italy; it stars Juliette ...

One of the first images in "Certified Copy" is of a book, "Copia Conforme," resting by itself on a table. The cover displays the visage of Michelangelo’s statue of David, gazing archly at its own face ...

There are certain films that are simply magic. They are few and far between, and the experience of watching them often comes up over you. You realize you’re watching a masterpiece, and you don’t want ...

Finally gracing British shores after cooking up some sizable buzz at Cannes is this intriguing piece from Iranian arthouse superstar, Abbas Kiarostami. His first feature-length fiction since the Palme ...

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Studio/Runtime: IFC Films/106 min. In the tradition of Journey to Italy and Before Sunrise, Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy consists almost entirely of two people talking with each other. The ...

Certified Copy is a remarkable film from Iranian Director Abbas Kiarostami. It’s also a unusual film that allows you the viewer to guess at the true nature of the relationship of the couple in the ...

Certified Copy is about a man and a woman. James Miller (William Shimell) is an author who’s visiting Italy to talk about his new book on the idea of originality in art. The woman (never named, played ...