Tag: Michael Mendelsohn

Prisoners of the Ghostland | 2021 Sundance Film Festival Review

Alas, Poor Yorick: Sono’s English Language Debut a Fallow, Gonzo Spectacle What happens when a cult actor meets a cult filmmaker? Well, sometimes they just...

Synchronic [Video Review]

E.M.Time Machine: Benson & Moorhead Do the Time Warp Again Designer drugs prove to be a mystical gateway to the past in Synchronic, the fourth...

Cut Throat City | Review

Yolo in NOLA: RZA Battles Corruption Post-Katrina in Stifled Neo-Noir The multi-faceted artist RZA returns to the director’s seat for the third time with Cut...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #41. Prisoners of the Ghostland – Sion Sono

Prisoners of the Ghostland Despite being a perennial festival presence, some may be wondering what’s happened to Japanese provocateur Sion Sono, who usually has somewhere...

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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...