Tag: Joe Cole

2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Duke Johnson’s The Actor

This is one of those titles that could fit a bit anywhere in terms of major film festival premiere -- it all depends on...

One of These Days | 2020 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Hands of Fate: Gunther Paints Compelling Portrait of Pride and Poverty German born director Bastian Günther returns to the other side of his dual citizenship...

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | 2018 Intl. Film Festival & Awards Macao Review

New Year’s Evil: Wheatley Finds Humanity Amid Caustic Bickering Shapeshifting his way along a varied filmography, Ben Wheatley is back after the tongue-in-cheek gunplay bonanza...

Video Interview: Ben Wheatley – Happy New Year, Colin Burstead. | 2018 Intl. Film Festival & Awards Macao

Very much an eclectic, but at the same time cultivating a recognizable brand of cinema, Ben Wheatley is keeping busy these days with his...

A Prayer Before Dawn | Review

Break the Dawn: Sauvaire Browbeats with Violent, Grim Prison Drama Although a simple plot synopsis tends to glorify the perilous pugilism which provides the bizarre...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 65. Kim Nguyen’s Eye on Juliet

Eye on Juliet Director: Kim Nguyen Writer: Kim Nguyen Quebecois helmer Kim Nguyen reached an international breakthrough with his 2012 film War Witch (aka Rebelle), which won Best Narrative...

Secret in Their Eyes | Review

The Eyes Have It: Ray’s Unnecessary Remakes Pales Next to Source Thanks to mainstream America’s huffy dismissal of subtitles when it comes to cinema, we...

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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.