Tag: Marta Cunningham

Sophomore Slump No More: Sundance Institute’s FilmTwo Give Helping Hand to Lucky 13 (Carpignano, Banks Griffin, Heller, Holmer, Moselle et Al.)

American indie helmers who were in Park City this past January with their debut films in Andrew Ahn (Spa Night), Bernardo Britto (Jacqueline (Argentine)), Steven...

Best of 2013: Jordan M. Smith’s Top 20 Films (Picks 20 to 16)

20. Fruitvale Station - Ryan Coogler Sundance has left a lasting impression this year. Among the lucky few who attended the world premiere of Ryan...

Interview: Marta Cunningham (Valentine Road)

Larry King, the 15 year-old boy who's murder became the genesis for Marta Cunningham's jaw-dropping, tear-jerking powerhouse investigative debut, Valentine Road, is memorialized through...

Valentine Road | Review

Communal Intolerance: Cunningham Finds Apathy and Heartbreak In The Wake of Larry King's Murder On February 12, 2008, in Oxnard, California, an openly gay 15-year-old...

2013 Sundance Film Fest: U.S. Documentary Comp Sees Deal/Lessin, Greg Barker, Sean/Andrea Nix Fine Return to Park City

Keeping us firmly on the ground, this year's domestic competition is mostly comprised of the politically charged verity we've come to expect to find...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

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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.