Tag: Christopher Hampton

Fontaine Pen: Elsa Zylberstein Isn’t Done with Simone…de Beauvoir

After recently playing her in Olivier Dahan's Simone: Woman of the Century, Elsa Zylberstein will have another go at walking at playing a Simone...this...

The Son | Review

The Tragedy of Privilege: Zeller’s Familial Identity Trilogy Continues with Maudlin Chapter The highly revered and internationally renowned playwright Florian Zeller has a formidable talent...

The Father | Review

Bend It Like Beckett: Zellers Adapts His Masterful Play into Exploratory Film In Paradise Lost, John Milton remarked “The mind is its own place, and...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #97. The Father – Florian Zeller

The Father French playwright Florian Zeller makes his directorial debut in 2020 with UK production The Father (of note, he directed a stage version of...

2020 Sundance Film Festival: Miranda July, Julie Taymor, Dee Rees & Sean Durkin in the Premieres Section

The most acquisitions and distributor launch-pad friendly section of the festival, the Premieres category had some big ticket items in Nisha Ganatra's Late Night,...

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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.

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

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