The Cannes Premiere section stocked up on films from France with Alain Guiraudie's Misericorde among the mix, the Out of Competition section added a...
Medusa
With her 2015 debut Kill Me Please, Brazil’s Anita Rocha da Silveira presented a vibrant giallo inspired film, arriving amongst a first wave of...
Petite Solange
For her fourth feature, writer/director Axelle Ropert will unleash Petite Solange, produced by Charlotte Vincent and lensed by Sebastien Buchmann (Alice and the...
Carnal Knowledge: The Larrieu Bros.’ Strange Depiction of Summer Lovin’
Directing duo Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu create oddly distinct pieces of bizarre cinema, yet remain...
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.