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Review: In a Winnipeg few will recognize, 'Universal Language' speaks from a deep well of humanity  Los Angeles Times

One of the Best and Funniest Films of 2025 Is This Strange Canadian Delight  Collider

UNSRC Movie Society | Global Event featuring AGON  Welcome to the United Nations

Universal Language movie review  Roger Ebert

‘Universal Language’ Review: Matthew Rankin’s Beautifully Bizarre Dreamscape  Cinema from the Spectrum

Universal Language  Reverse Shot

‘Universal Language’ Is the Perfect Blend of Poetry, Parody and Sexy Turkeys  Rolling Stone

Shooting on KODAK 16mm, Canadian DP Isabelle Stachtchenko brought…  Kodak

All main competition films at Shanghai International Film Festival world premieres  Global Times

‘Akashi’ Director Talks Breaking Through Canadian Film’s Language Barrier: “That Is My Identity”  The Hollywood Reporter

‘Universal Language’ Director Matthew Rankin Wants Everyone to Make Art with Their Friends  IndieWire

“The Legend of Sepehr”: Iranian identity narrated in universal language  Tehran Times

'Universal Language' Review: A Wily Homage to Iranian Cinema  Slant Magazine

Universal Language  4Columns

Review: Universal Language an absurdist comedy in the spirit of Wes Anderson | Review by Dan Slevin in Screens  RNZ

The Uneven Cross-Cultural Comedy of “Paddington in Peru” and “Universal Language”  The New Yorker

A no-spoilers review of ‘Universal Language’  Massachusetts Daily Collegian

In the Name of Friendship: Matthew Rankin on "Universal Language"  Roger Ebert

“Institutions Have Collapsed”: Universal Language Team on Iranian Cinema, Individualism, and Canadian History  The Film Stage

'Universal Language' review: A movie that needs to be seen to be believed  AP News

Interview: Matthew Rankin on "Universal Language"  The Moveable Fest

Universal Language  Film Threat

‘Universal Language’ Director Matthew Rankin on Making a Comedy Without Borders for His Canadian Oscar Entry  Variety

Universal Language review: a wild Winnipeg odyssey  BFI

Universal Language Brings Tim Hortons to Tehran  Hyperallergic

Universal Language: A Farsi-cal What-If Fever Dream of Winnipeg and this Country  Original Cin

Toronto Hidden Gem: ‘Universal Language’ Is An Absurdist Homage to Iranian Cinema Via Winnipeg  The Hollywood Reporter

Matthew Rankin on Finding Authenticity in the Artifice of 'Universal Language'  Slant Magazine