A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

By PopMatters Staff

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. [11 January 2008]

Chicken with Plums

By Erik Hinton

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. [16 July 2009]

Persepolis

By Marisa LaScala

This story reaches across barriers in language and experience to viewers who have never suffered exile. [8 July 2008]

Persepolis

By Cynthia Fuchs

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). [3 January 2008]

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

By Sarah Tan

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. [11 November 2003]

Daughter of the revolution tells her animated tale in ‘Persepolis’ [17 January 2008]