Tag: Alaa Eddine Aljem

The Unknown Saint | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review

Gimme the Loot: Money is the Root of Good and Evil in Aljem’s Debut Love the sinner and not the sin seems to be the...

2019 Cannes: Adèle Haenel Owns the Croisette & Hafsia Herzi’s Debut in Critics’ Week

Critic's Week will be unveiling eleven feature films for the 2019 edition with 7 comp titles, and opener and a closer and a pair...

2016 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab Focuses on Works from Frances Bodomo, Eva Vives, Pippa Bianco & Boots Riley

The Sundance Institute folks are taking a more long term and international approach as of late with their Screenwriters Labs. Some of the names...

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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.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...

Interview: Lukas Dhont – Coward | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Following the Grand Prix–winning Close, Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont...