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Misbehavior | Review

Through Beauty, Equality: Lowthorpe Examines Intersections Through Provocative Period Nexus Sporting material speckled with enough players and perspectives to justify a much longer format, Philippa...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #149. Misbehavior – Philippa Lowthorpe

Misbehavior Celebrated British television director Philippa Lowthorpe (the first woman to win a BAFTA TV Award for Directing for 2012’s “Call the Midwife,” an award...

She’s Funny That Way | Review

Funny Ha-ha: Bogdanovich’s Pleasant Return to the Screwball Comedy The buzz has been rather hushed concerning She’s Funny That Way, the return of 70s auteur...

Madame Bovary | Review

Good Time Gal: Barthes’ Sensible Remake of Flaubert’s Classic Novel Few literary protagonists have reached the heights of notability as the infamous Madame Bovary, from...

Serena | Review

Place Beyond the Pines: Bier’s Ungainly Period Piece Revels in Unintentional Gaffs Danish director Susanna Bier’s second English language film, Serena, has gained a bit...

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Tim Godsall’s Len and Company

Take a Cannes Lions-winning commercials director/first time filmmaker in Tim Godsall, throw in a 2008 Broadway play, and finally, add a mix of sturdy mix...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #76. Sophie Barthes’ Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary Director: Sophie Barthes Writers: Sophie Barthes and Rose Barreneche Producers: Aden Films’ Barthes, Occupant Films’ Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Mia Wasikowska,...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #187. Susanne Bier’s Serena

Serena Director: Susanne Bier Writer: Christopher Kyle Producers: 2929 Productions’ Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, Ben Cosgrove, Chockstone Pictures’ Paula Mae and Steve Schwartz, Nick Wechsler U.S. Distributor:...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #93. Susanne Bier’s Serena

Serena Director: Susanne Bier Writer(s): Christopher Kyle Producer(s): 2929 Productions' Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, Ben Cosgrove, Chockstone Pictures' Paula Mae and Steve Schwartz, Nick Wechsler U.S. Distributor:...

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

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.