Tag: Maria Drandaki

Arcadia | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

None of Us Strangers: Zois Probes Unrest of Our Shadows “It is a defect of God’s humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to...

Animal | 2023 Locarno Film Festival Review

Boogie Nights: Exarchou Doses Summertime Sadness in Achy Melodrama For anyone who’s ever wondered what life might be like for employees at any tourist trap...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #82. Sofia Exarchou’s Animal

Animal She saw her feature debut Park break out at major A fests such as TIFF, San Sebastián and Rotterdam, Sofia Exarchou would get a...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #89. The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea – Syllas Tzoumerkas

The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea Greek director Syllas Tzoumerkas is finally getting ready to unveil his third feature, The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea...

Her Job | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival Review

Scrubbing up: Labôt Debuts with Nuanced, Powerful Greek Drama of a Woman at Work Her Job, Greek director Nikos Labôt's first feature roots its setting...

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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...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...

Interview: Lukas Dhont – Coward | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Following the Grand Prix–winning Close, Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont...