And everyone was expressing themselves through the brain.” One such expression of the “Universal Language” brain came from actor Bahram Nabatian, who plays a pink cowboy hat-wearing ...

It’s a chain-store sign that, having been translated into ... That, in essence, is what Universal Language wants to be: a hilarious yet heartfelt love letter written in duplicate, that borrows ...

“Universal Language,” directed by Matthew Rankin ... Old men in the Tim Hortons teahouse (a Tim Hortons sign rendered in Persian is one of the film’s many sight gags) talk all day about ...

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In Matthew Rankin’s genre-defying film “Universal Language,” a trio of stories takes us to a world between Tehran and Winnipeg. Although the geographic references point to this being Canada, the ...

Spoilers follow for the film Universal Language, released in theaters late last year for an Oscar-qualifying run and expanded to additional markets on February 14, 2025. A core aspect of Iranian ...

“Universal Language” is first and foremost a testament to the shared artifice of all filmic storytelling, and to the singular realities it’s able to bring alive in turn. Rankin has said the ...

Take this four-star tour of a Winnipeg that may never exist. The stony, terse comedy “Universal Language” has all the wind, snow and monotony one might envision in Manitoba, especially for ...

This image released by Oscilloscope Laboratories shows a scene from the film "Universal Language." (Oscilloscope Laboratories via AP) Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Walk Out Of ‘SNL50’ Concert After ...

The new movie "Universal Language" draws a line between two very different cities - one East and one West. The Eastern city is Tehran - Iran's storied capital with thousands of years of history ...

Matthew Rankin, though, has gone more than a step, or maybe 85 steps, further. His “Universal Language” takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but the culture is entirely Iranian. Farsi is the ...