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Articles tagged "marjane satrapi"Comics ReviewChicken with Plumsby Erik Hinton[16.Jul.09] :. Before even opening Chicken with Plums it is apparent that the book will have to go beyond the cultural seduction of Persepolis if Satrapi’s career is to become anything other than a one-note veil dance.  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureOff the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008by PopMatters Staff[13.Jan.09] :. Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  Column: Worlds in PanelsCapturing the Abstract in the Concreteby Shaun Huston[16.Dec.08] :. What do the worlds contained within comics, within and between panels, tell us about the worlds in which we live out our lives?  Film DVD ReviewPersepolisby Marisa LaScala[8.Jul.08] :. This story reaches across barriers in language and experience to viewers who have never suffered exile. NewsChatting with first-time nominees Ellen Page, Ruby Dee and Marjane Satrapiby Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][21.Feb.08] :. You’ve seen that look before, the one “Juno” star Ellen Page and other first-time Oscar nominees sport when on TV or gracing magazine covers, chatting about “the...  NewsDaughter of the revolution tells her animated tale in ‘Persepolis’by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][17.Jan.08] :. Writer, artist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi grew up in Iran, living through the Shah’s regime, the revolution that overthrew him, and the establishment of the theocratic government that... A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007. Persepolisby Cynthia Fuchs[3.Jan.08] :. Personal and political history is delivered with a sharp mix of comedy and tragedy (Marjane lies in bed, the "camera" hovering overhead as she declares herself a communist after learning her grandfather was jailed for same). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapiby Sarah Tan[11.Nov.03] :. Based on her own personal experience of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Marjane Satrapi introduces us to the effects of cultural change through the eyes of a child. |
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