‘It Was Just an Accident’ Review: Iranian Director Jafar Panahi’s Done Being Discreet, Launching an Open Warning to His Oppressors

Take heed: Jafar Panahi is no longer the filmmaker he once was, transforming from understated humanist (in films such as “The White Balloon” and “Offside”) to openly critical of the Iranian regime, as revealed in his punchy new political thriller, “It Was Just an Accident.” The greatest irony of that change is that Panahi may […]