Tag: Jean-Paul Hurier

The Stranger (L’étranger) | Review

Anatomy of a Mime: Ozon Explores the Seduction of Indifference Decades before Hannah Arendt introduced her concept of ‘the banality of evil,’ Albert Camus...

Daaaaaali! | Review

Good Golly, It’s Dali: Dupieux Dreams Surreal in Distinctive Biopic It seems surrealism’s pioneer Salvador Dali is experiencing something of a culturally concentric resurgence as...

Three Friends (Trois amies) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review

Lyon Lies Bleeding: Mouret Explores L’amour Fou (Encore) Even for those unfamiliar with the filmography of Emmanuel Mouret, his latest film, Three Friends will unequivocally...

Les Enfants des Autres (Other People’s Children) | Review

Sex and Longing: Efira Shines in Zlotowski’s Portrait of Missed Opportunities In a celebrated tradition of quietly personal characterizations French cinema is known for, Rebecca...

Peter von Kant | Review

Save Your Tears for Another Day: Ozon Revels in the Camp Mystique of R.W. Fassbinder It’s clear François Ozon has long been obsessed with the...

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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.