Tag: Francis Lawrence

Red Sparrow | Review

Bird of Prey: Lawrence Tries a Red Scare with Gritty Espionage Thriller Like the Marquis de Sade outfitted for a contemporaneous tangent of the...

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | Review

The Games They Play: Collins’ YA Dystopia Trudges On and On As is now customary in the designed business model of franchise movie making,...

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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.