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Desiree Akhavan: ‘The only mainstream queer female stories have been directed by men – it disgusts me’

The US/Iranian film-maker’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post won the grand jury prize at this year’s Sundance. She talks about coming out – and being hailed by Maxine Peake as the ‘ambassador of cool’

Published: 12 Aug 2018

Film blog And the Braddie goes to … Peter Bradshaw's favourite films of the year

Awards season has awoken again, and it’s time for my personal award category list of the best films this year. Here, in no particular order, are this year’s “Braddies”…

Published: 18 Dec 2015

Film blog The best films of 2015 so far – UK

Gathering together the best movies released in the UK this year, updated weekly

Published: 1 Sep 2015

Box office analysis: UK Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel books another week atop UK box office

No room for South African robot caper Chappie as the later-life comedy sequel comfortably matches its own predecessor

Published: 10 Mar 2015
3 out of 5 stars.

Appropriate Behaviour review – a razor-sharp bisexual rom-com
3 out of 5 stars.

Desiree Akhavan writes, directs and stars in this sardonic comedy following the romantic crises of a young Iranian-American woman

Published: 8 Mar 2015
hlcarpenter.com film show hlcarpenter.com Film Show: Chappie, Appropriate Behaviour, Hyena and Still Alice - video reviews

The team review this week's big releases, including robo-coming of age story Chappie and Desiree Akhavan's Brooklyn-set rom-com Appropriate Behaviour

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Published: 6 Mar 2015
Appropriate Behaviour - video review

The film team review Desiree Akhavan's comedy about a second generation Iranian bisexual throwing herself into the New York dating scene following a messy break-up

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Published: 6 Mar 2015

Appropriate Behaviour: watch a clip of the indie comedy championed by Lena Dunham - video

Watch a clip from Desiree Akhavan's semi-autobiographical comedy about a bisexual Iranian-American woman's struggle to get over her ex-girlfriend

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Published: 20 Feb 2015