Jafar Panahi's brave social-spiritual filmmaking approach may or may not be the prevailing trend in Middle Eastern cinema but his remarkable gift for subtly enriching the simplest thematic material with considered cultural and social implications reveals the hallmark of an august filmmaker. While the practical, sweet Accordion may lack the pitch-perfect context and significance of Offside, it's a worthy capsule from a filmmaker whose films represent a most righteous cinematic resistance.