Tag: Peter Saraf

2024 Sundance: Amachoukeli, Molly Manning Walker, Linklater & Asmae El Moudir in Spotlight Section

The Spotlight section is a quartet of items with two heavy-hitters from the Cannes Un Certain Regard section, a small gem from Cannes' Critics'...

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Sentimental Divide: Wright Weds Wilderness in Compassionate Debut on Grief “Things do not change; we change,” is one of many eloquent statements from Thoreau’s eternal...

2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Robin Wright’s Land

After getting the directing bug on the House of Cards for just under a dozen episodes, Robin Wright moved into the director's chair for...

Interview: Lulu Wang, Awkwafina & Diana Lin – The Farewell

“Based on an actual lie,” Lulu Wang’s The Farewell lifts events from her own complicated family history into the filmic sphere. In this captivating...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #90. Untitled Lulu Wang Comedy

Her debut film in 2014's Posthumous (Jack Huston and Brit Marling) went mostly unseen, but something tells me this currently untitled American-Asian family comedy...

Do not collect $200: Big Beach Land Grab “Monopolists” for Scribe Howard A. Rodman

Monopoly enthusiasts will one day receive their money's worth with the unknown backstory to their beloved game. Deadline reports that Big Beach's Marc Turtletaub and Peter...

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Max Landis’ Me Him Her

For someone who was ultra transparent during production, it's almost as if Max Landis has placed a self-imposed gag order or the more likely...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Max Landis’ Me Him Her

The family name got him onto film sets (on our end we call that the best film school), but it's 2012 Chronicle that set...

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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...