Desiree Akhavan on Appropriate Behaviour and not being the ‘Iranian bisexual Lena Dunham’

The writer and director’s new film is a bittersweet comedy of breakups, threesomes and deadpan hipsters. Just how autobiographical is it? Continue reading...

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