Tag: From Afar

The Conversation: Bring Forth Berlin (Possible Contenders for the Competition)

As has been the Berlinale’s custom of years past, several early competition titles have been confirmed along with the 2019 opener, Lone Scherfig’s The...

The Conversation: Top Ten Films of 2015 in…2016

As always, a number of deserving film festival entries are stragglers in need of distribution or funneled away by buyers to be released in...

The Conversation: 2015 TIFF Top 10 New Faces

Film fests such as the Toronto Int. Film Festival afford us the best of opportunities to get instantly familiar with new faces in the world...

The Conversation: 2015 TIFF Top 10 New Voices

Though it’s a harder film festival to regulate and therefore tabulate a comprehensively genuine list reflecting the totality of the fest’s offering per any...

The Conversation: The Totality of Toronto (Plus 2015 TIFF Top Ten)

In the nine consecutive years I’ve attended the Toronto International Film Festival, it remains an elusive monstrosity of an event. With its hundreds of...

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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.

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

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

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...