In front of a screen with brightly colored monsters of green, blue and red, Delaware County Council Chair Dr. Monica Taylor read Tuesday to a rapt group of students at the Widener University Child ...

The Boston College Eagles football program will be looking for a new secondary coach during the offseason. Ray Brown, who joined the Eagles staff in 2024, is being hired as the cornerbacks coach for ...

We look at "Universal Language," a new movie that follows three storylines in a city that is a cross between Winnipeg and Tehran.

Abbas Kiarostami wasn’t the first Iranian director to explore these binaries, often by using moviemaking itself as a ...

Matthew Rankin’s “Universal Language” takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but the culture is entirely Iranian. No reason is ever stated for the fusion of Winnipeg reality and Iranian New Wave cinema.

Driving around Montreal on a gray November day with Universal Language writer-director Matthew Rankin, production designer Louisa Schabas noticed an elementary school with a row of stark, monolithic ...

Both a valentine to Iranian cinema and an absurdist look at Winnipeg, Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin's comedy is ...

Universal Language” is delightfully absurdist, with little moments in each story that both make sense yet defy expectations.

East Rankin Academy boys' soccer team made history on Thursday when they defeated Heritage Academy 1-0 in the Division II Boys' Soccer Championship. It was the programs first state championship win.

Written and directed by director Matthew Rankin, the comedy presents a Persian-language-inflected Canada, getting at timely ...

His “Universal Language” takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but the culture is entirely Iranian. Farsi is the spoken tongue.

The latest film releases include Captain America: Brave New World, Paddington in Peru, Universal Language, and Sly Lives! Weighing in are Christy Lemire, writer for RogerEbert.com and co-host of the ...