Woman of Substance: Fargeat Rejuvenates Body Horror with Pulpy Parable
To borrow a succinct phrase from Beyonce, ‘pretty hurts,’ a sentiment quivering through Coraline Fargeat’s...
It'll be a Cannes Film Festival competition rematch alongside the critical darling (Best Director) winning competition film from the Venice Film Festival. Emilia Pérez...
Except perhaps Souleymane's Story's Abou Sangare biking away with the European Actor award (beating out Conclave's Ralph Fiennes) there were no surprises at last...
Many were left scratching their heads when Cannes topper Thierry Frémaux made The Substance a part of the competition (and conversation) and the reason...
Follow The Blood Trails: Fargeat Impresses And Disappoints With Feature Debut
Coralie Fargeat’s feature debut makes a bold attempt at redirecting the well-worn rape and...
Remarkably, this year's Midnight section has this in common: Sam Levinson, Panos Cosmatos, Nicolas Pesce (see pic above) and the team of Francois Simard,...
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.