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‘Chicken With Plums’’ isn’t a continuation of “Persepolis’’ (2007). This is a disappointment and a relief. Both films are written and directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent ...
This week: The release of yet another superhero movie, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, has us thinking back on stellar adaptations of non -superhero comics. Persepolis (2007) ...
I still hold Pixar’s gourmet rodent near to my heart, but now, one week before the end of 2007, comes Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics), a completely different kind of animated movie that ...
Iranian-born artist Marjane Satrapi’s first film, “Persepolis” (2007), won critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for best animated feature. It was the story of her rebellious adolescence ...
Persepolis Award-winning cartoonist Marjane Satrapi transmutes her Maus -inspired French-language graphic novels into a brilliant black-and-white animated adventure of an Iranian girl struggling ...
But in turning Persepolis into a film, Satrapi has transformed her simplistic comics panels into snazzier and more fluid animation, lending this adorable teaser trailer a visual vibrance to match ...
REVIEW: "Persepolis" voice actors Catherine Deneuve, left, and Chiara Mastroianni, pose at a Wednesday photocall. Screening in competition, the film is an animated look at the Iranian Revolution.
In Chicken with Plums, the co-directors’ gorgeous live action follow-up to their 2007 acclaimed animated film Persepolis, they kill off their male lead and bury him by the 17-minute mark.
Sex, Violence, and Radical Islam: Why 'Persepolis' Belongs in Public Schools Administrators in Chicago may think they're protecting students by limiting access to a controversial graphic novel.
MARTIN GROVE interviews Marjane Satrapi, pictured, whose animated "Persepolis" is France's official entry for a foreign language Academy Award and might vie with "Ratatouille" for best animated ...
‘Persepolis’ Creator Marjane Satrapi Loves Iggy Pop, Bruce Lee, Screwdrivers Oct. 12, 2007 save ...