New Jersey Stage 2015 - Issue 12 | Page 17

8. Taxi The subject of a filmmaking ban imposed by his government, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has managed to sneak out three feature films under such conditions. Taxi is the best of the three, a wild ride through the streets of Tehran that blurs the lines between fiction and documentary while providing sly commentary on the country’s regime and cinema itself. 7. The Visit M Night Shyamalan has been in the wilderness for several years, but The Visit saw him make a triumphant return to the promise of his early work. A scaled back production, The Visit saw Shyamalan inject new life into the found footage genre, delivering scares and laughs in equal measure. Watch the trailer for Taxi NewJerseyStage.com 2015 - ISSUE 12 ARTICLES 17