Tag: Simone Simon

Olivia (1951) | Review

Teacher Pets: Audry’s Lesbian Melodrama Reclaims the Spotlight in New Restoration Returning to dispel the historical erasure of queer representation in cinema is Olivia, a...

Wise Gets Going with Cat People in a False Sequel The Curse of the Cat People (1944) | Blu-ray Review

An oddity amongst oddities from the annals of producer Val Lewton, 1944’s The Curse of the Cat People is an early example of Hollywood’s...

Criterion Collection: Cat People | Blu-ray Review

The concept of ‘psychological horror’ is a genre notion all but extinct in modern cinematic renderings of thriller narratives, a once lucrative subgenre considered...

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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.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...