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Silver Haze | Review

Keeper of the Flame: Polak Reckons with Reconciliation vs. Retribution in Conventional Drama Dutch director Sacha Polak continues to explore the difficulties of acceptance and...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #70. Sacha Polak’s Silver Haze

Silver Haze For her fourth feature film, Dutch filmmaker Sacha Polak appears to be moving into an area that blurs the lines - promising "a...

Dirty God | Review

A Woman’s Face: Polak’s Tender Melodrama Explores Struggle for Self-Love With her third narrative feature, Dirty God, which also stands as her English language debut,...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #127. Dirty God – Sacha Polak

Dirty God Dutch director Sacha Polak embarks on another harrowing experience with third feature, Dirty God (which commenced filming at the beginning of 2018). Produced...

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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...