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Snatched | Review

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Trainwreck: Levine Streamlines the Diffident Return of Hawn into So-So Mother-Daughter Comedy More often than note, notable actresses...

The End of the Tour | Review

The Admiration Game: Ponsoldt’s Moving Homage to Artist and Artistry Following the critical successes of 2012’s Smashed and 2013’s The Spectacular Now, director James Ponsoldt...

Welcome to Me | Review

Broadcast Blues: Wiig’s Amusing Portrait of Mental Illness Mental illness collides with reality TV inspired media for Shira Piven’s generally pleasurable oddity, Welcome to Me,...

Working Girl | Blu-ray Review

Arriving for the first time on Blu-ray is the 1988 classic gender politics rom-com Working Girl. Famous for giving us Melanie Griffith her most...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #146. Shira Piven’s Welcome to Me

Welcome to Me Director: Shira Piven Writer: Eliot Laurence Producers: Kristen Wiig, BRON Studios' Aaron L. Gilbert and Marina Grasic, Gary Sanchez Productions' Will Ferrell, Adam...

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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.