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Swallow | Review

On Body and Soul: Mirabella-Davis Gets Squeamish with Formidable Debut As much as it speaks to contemporary understandings of female agency, Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ astute directorial...

Swallow | 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Review

Tough to Swallow, in a Good Way: Davis Offers Big Gulp Feminist Thriller Carlo Mirabella Davis’ debut feature Swallow is a haunting study in gender politics in...

Yates Plays the Frame Game in Late Period ‘An Innocent Man’ (1989) | Blu-ray Review

Director Peter Yates remains an interesting fixture of the 1970s New American Cinema throng whose early works continue to resonate and inspire, particularly his...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #80. Carlo Mirabella-Davis – Swallow

After a false start of sorts, Carlo Mirabella-Davis will finally be premiering the France-US co-production and his directorial debut Swallow in 2019. His past...

Amira & Sam | Review

The Misfits: Mullin’s Modest, Yet Conventionally Charming Debut Director Sean Mullin makes his directorial debut with Amira & Sam, a modest, carefully performed New York...

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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.