Tag: Gregorio Paonessa

Chiara | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review

Sister and Her Sisters: Nicchiarelli Salutes a Saint in Solemn, Dull Period Reenactment The friendship between Saint Francis of Assisi and his obscured female counterpart...

Maternal | 2019 Locarno Film Festival Review

Nun of Your Business: Delpero Explores Mothers and Others in Astute Debut For her feature film debut, documentarian Maura Delpero observed young women in Buenos...

Daughter of Mine | Review

Miss Mom: Bispuri Challenges Family Symmetry in Captivating Sophomore Pic With her sensory filled coming-of-age sophomore feature, Laura Bispuri navigates the sweet and sour voyage...

Audio Interview: Laura Bispuri – Daughter of Mine (Figlia mia)

Day 4 at the Berlinale provided a gem of a film in provenance of the Mediterranean Sea's second largest island. The focal point of...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #6. Siberia – Abel Ferrara

Siberia We’ve been waiting quite some time for the latest narrative feature from Abel Ferrara, who has been struggling to get financing for his project...

Nico, 1988 | Review

What Costume Shall the Poor Girl Wear?: Nicchiarelli Knits Stellar Portrait of a Troubled Artist “I’ve been at the bottom and I’ve been at the...

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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...