The Things I Do Astound Me: Kiarostami Does Tokyo
Following his Tuscany set 2010 success, Certified Copy, Abbas Kiarostami extends his global presence outside of...
Kiarostami Baffles and Electrifies with his own Brand of Tokyo Story
Having morphed into a predictably unpredictable filmmaker so far in the 21st century, the...
With three selected films in the Main Comp (Yousry Nasrallah's After the Battle, Abbas Kiarostami's Like Someone in Love, Walter Salles' On the Road)...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.