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Shadow in the Cloud | Review

A Face in the Cloud: Liang Cruises on Kooky with WWII Sci-Fi There’s something to be said for a bonkers mishmash of genre tones and...

Native Son | Review

(Not So) Good Times: Johnson Stumbles with Modern Homage to Richard Wright Marrying historical contexts to modern aesthetics is often an arresting avenue for consideration,...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #59. Rashid Johnson – Native Son

Perhaps the most alluring offering on A24's slate for 2019 is the ode to 1930's Chicago and African American identity debut film from conceptual...

Jurassic World | Review

Nice Splice: Narrative Hasn’t Evolved in Trevorrow’s Dino Reboot If there’s one aspect depicting the fickle nature of the human consumer the latest chapter in...

Best of Fest: Sundance 2013’s Top 10 New Faces

It was a longer process than we had anticipated, but post Sundance, Jordan M. Smith, Nicholas Bell and I weighed in on the best...

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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.