"Suffice it to say that the new Kong is a carefully crafted homage to a film that the director admits is what got him interested in filmmaking in the first place."
"Suffice it to say that the new Kong is a carefully crafted homage to a film that the director admits is what got him interested in filmmaking in the first place."
"Admittedly, the shock value of the material and specific moments in Shadowboxer may offend or turn off some viewers, but they'd be missing out on what makes this a good film in spite of itself: the acting."
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.