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J.D. Dillard’s Sweetheart | 2019 Sundance Film Festival

Seeing that he signed up for Sweetheart not that long after Sleight had premiered at Sundance in 2016, we now understand why the Blumhouse...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #29. J.D. Dillard’s Sweetheart

Sweetheart 2019 should be a considerable leap year for J.D. Dillard, as both his sophomore film Sweetheart and the project he co-wrote in Joe Sill's Stray...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #33. J.D. Dillard’s Sweetheart

Sweetheart Making a tsunami out of a ripple when he landed Sundance's 2016 NEXT section with the his calling card Sleight, J.D. Dillard might not...

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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.

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

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