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Praise His Soul: Greta Lee Toys with Willem Dafoe in Kent Jones’ ‘Late Fame’

Six years after transitioning from film criticism, programming and docu features to narrative with Diane (2018), Kent Jones is gearing up for his sophomore...

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Tarnished Angels: Haynes Curates a New Dazzling Cult Classic Had Brian De Palma been keen on rehashing Douglas Sirk instead of Hitchcock, he might have...

2023 Gotham Awards: All of Us Strangers Leads Noms, but it’s a “Past Lives” vs. “A Thousand and One” Event

In what is an increasingly convoluted ceremony (remember that each category is determined by a mere five individuals), All of Us Strangers takes the...

Todd Haynes’ May December – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 4

After a quick trip to Paris for a retrospective of his career at the Centre Pompidou, Todd Haynes comes back to Cannes for his...

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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.