Tehran comes to Winnipeg in Matthew Rankin's singular gem about cross-cultural exchange. Despite being set in a parallel-universe Winnipeg where the people talk in Farsi and the world around them ...

It all starts with a turkey. Though “starts” might not be the correct word to use for Universal Language, Matthew Rankin’s surreal, loopy film set in some bizarre alternate version of Winnipeg, ...

It's also fun to make art with turkeys. The Farsi title, آواز بوقلمون, translates to “The Song of the Turkey,” and the reason why is emblematic of both the film’s warmly absurd sense of humor and the ...

This review was originally published on May 23, 2024 out of the Cannes Film Festival. We are recirculating it now that Universal Language is in theaters. On the surface, Rankin’s film seems like ...

The second feature by Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin ('The Twentieth Century') won the first-ever Directors’ Fortnight audience award in Cannes. By Jordan Mintzer Newsflash: Iran has invaded the ...