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2025 TIFF: World Premieres Include Gavras’ ”Sacrifice’, Michôd’s ‘Christy’, Vanderbilt’s ‘Nuremberg’ & Winocour’s ‘Couture’

The Toronto International Film Festival have unveiled the heavy-hitters populating their Gala and Special Presentations sections making what sounds like an alluring line-up for...

Separation [Video Review]

Divorce of Force: Bell Peddles Puppets in Congested Ghost Story “Separate’s always better when there’s feelings involved,” per Outkast’s 2003 track Hey Ya!, and one...

The Bay of Silence | Review

The Hand That Mocks the Cradle: van der Oest Overwhelms in Overstuffed Trauma Drama Some inherent problems with adapting complex or labyrinthine novels into film...

Manhunter | Blu-ray Review

As far as serial killer iconicity goes, Thomas Harris’ fictional villain Hannibal Lecter has permeated the pop zeitgeist more than his most famous real-life...

Hidden Agenda | Blu-ray Review

Shortly before news broke of British auteur Ken Loach’s latest production (a surprise since his 2014 title Jimmy’s Hall was intended to be his...

Pixels | Review

The King of Kong: Columbus Peddles Dopey Sandler Comedy Hailing from some parallel universe where Never Never Land must be the capital is Pixels, a...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

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.