Do you like great films about women that are not necessarily chick flicks?
Then you might want to see the intriguing Iranian film Women Without Men, which completes a limited run at Tampa Theatre tonight.
The film focuses on four women whose lives intersect at a garden during Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état.
Director, renowned visual artist Shirin Neshat makes her feature debut and word is that her aesthetic flourish makes the film doubly compelling, giving us an intimate look at how how lives were affected by the British- and American-backed coup that removed Iran's democratically elected government. Adapted from the novel by Iranian author Shahrnush Parsipur. 7:30 p.m. at Tampa Theatre, 711 N Franklin St., Tampa. $9. 813-274-8981.
Here's a trailer from the film.
In their 2007 debut, All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer’s brand of experimental indie music skewed to world rock with electronic flavors. On 2010’s Odd Blood, the band has moved away from their formerly self-styled “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel" and embraced technology on a grandiose scale. Opener Washed Out, a.k.a. Ernest Greene performs dreamy “bedroom synth pop.” State Theatre, St. Petersburg. $15, $18. All ages.
Read more about Yeasayer by reading Leilani Polk's feature with videos.
This article appears in Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2010.