A study analyzing 40,000 stories reveals what Aristotle intuited centuries ago - narratives follow a common, predictable ...

It all starts with a turkey. Though “starts” might not be the correct word to use for Universal Language, Matthew Rankin’s surreal, loopy film set in some bizarre alternate version of ...

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 ...

Universal Language imagines the action unfolding in a country that seems to be an Iran superimposed on Canada. It does not live up to its promise.

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

No African writer has as many major, lasting creative achievements in such a wide range of genres as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.

But director Matthew Rankin thinks more of audiences than that. His new film, “Universal Language,” was selected by Canada as the country’s submission for the Oscars’ international feature ...

“Universal Language,” directed by Matthew Rankin, is a gently funny, gently moving, slightly surrealist little comedy that’s aimed at two groups of people: Canadians, specifically but not ...