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Eddington | Review

No Country for Smart Men: Aster Satirizes the Obvious It would seem all is actually for naught in Eddington, Ari Aster’s sprawling, meandering fourth and...

MaXXXine | Review

A Touch of Minx: West Concludes Ersatz ‘Trilogy’ with a Moan It’s an impressive endeavor to unleash three consecutive, thematically related films within the span...

She Came to Me | Review

Guilty of Romance: Miller Weaves a Wacky and Disarmingly Charming Love Tapestry To those who think the possibilities of heartfelt romantic comedies dried up in...

The Wonder | Review

Power Surge: Lelio Ponders power and the profound in his latest which attempts to grapple with the nature of storytelling itself “This is the beginning...

Medea | 2021 Locarno Film Festival Review

Who Could Kill a Child?: Zeldovich Explores a Fearful Symmetry in Modernized Tragedy Russian director Alexander Zeldovich’s filmography is something of a curiosity unto itself,...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

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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.