Tag: Julio Diaz

La Llorona | Review

No Woman, No Cry: Bustamante Reconfigures La Llorona as Avenging Equalizer Though she was recently resurrected as a superficial money grab in this year’s Warner...

2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 8: Brillante Mendoza’s Slumdog Manila in “Ma’ Rosa”

Hovering just over the dozen feature film mark, Ma' Rosa is now the fourth Cannes Film Fest entry for Filipino director Brillante Mendoza. Serbis was his...

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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...