Director, screenwriter and actor Desiree Akhavan's debut feature opens Friday in select theaters and on demand. The movie is about a bisexual... Akhavan's 'Appropriate Behavior' Defies Categories And ...

Appropriate Behavior, a film released in 2015, features a compelling story that revolves around a girl named Shirin. She struggles against societal pressures that force her to suppress her true self, ...

While new faces in cinema are a dime a dozen, a combination of freshness and competence is more difficult to find. But Desiree Akhavan’s feature debut is yet another hands-down success from a ...

There’s a nicely satirical sense of milieu in its depiction of Brooklyn artistic lifestyles There are also the frequently awkward situations that she gets into along the way: Akhavan has a physical ...

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