Desiree Akhavan plays Shirin, a young and directionless Brooklynite who finds herself in a rut after experiencing a break up with her former lover Maxine (Rebecca Henderson). Shirin is a woman that ...

“Appropriate Behavior” is a kind of Iranian American-bisexual “Annie Hall” crossed with an episode or two of HBO’s “Girls.” And, as the feature writing-directing-acting debut of the delightfully ...

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, ...

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 ...

A bi/lesbian comedy, Appropriate Behavior, opens Friday at Bill Cosford Cinema at University of Miami in Coral Gables and Cinema Paradiso in Fort Lauderdale. Desiree Akhavan, the film’s ...

The storm before the calm hits well into this film about a young Brooklyn woman in and (presumably) out of love. No spoiler this: In the first five minutes we learn that lovers Shirin (writer/director ...

When it comes to Brooklyn-set, female-led features at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Jenny Slate’s Obvious Child seemed to stir up the most attention, but for those looking a bit deeper there was ...

Director, actor and writer Desiree Akhavan‘s first full-length feature “Appropriate Behavior” follows a young woman trying to navigate her way through a difficult break up while dealing with her ...

Director, screenwriter and actor Desiree Akhavan's debut feature opens Friday in select theaters and on demand. The movie is about a bisexual Iranian-American trying to get over her break up. Here's a ...

Appropriate Behavior takes place in the hipster scene of Brooklyn, NYC and looks into the of life Shirin: a bi-sexual, Iranian-American who hasn't come out to her traditional Persian family. Priscilla ...