Known for blurring the boundaries between fiction and documentary, Palestinian filmmaker Scandar Copti crafts work that moves fluidly between lived reality and constructed narrative....
Break the Dawn: Sauvaire Browbeats with Violent, Grim Prison Drama
Although a simple plot synopsis tends to glorify the perilous pugilism which provides the bizarre...
Touch of Class: Ullmann’s Update of Classic Text Ultimately Lifeless
There are a scant few equals to the texts of playwright August Strindberg’s, his 1888...
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.