Persepolis

Iran in Persepolis: Good Versus Evil, Again

Hossein Derakhshan | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran Bush, Persepolis, Iran, Academy Award Nominees, Animation, Nicolas Sarkozy, George W. Bush, Politics News
Hossein Derakhshan

The world of Persepolis is divided into two very separate groups: you are either with Marjane, or you are against her.This is not much different from Bush's and Sarkozy's official line on Iran.

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Who Should Win the Oscars -- The Teaser Categories

Alex Remington | Posted 01.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Golden Compass, Surf's Up, Josh Brolin, Across the Universe, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Academy Awards, James Newton Howard, No Country for Old Men, Persepolis, The Oscars, Coen Brothers, Pixar, Movies, Sarah Polley, Once, Sweeney Todd, Juno, Ratatouille, Ethan Coen, Pirates of the Caribbean, Joel Coen, American Gangster, Tamara Jenkins, Norbit, Tony Gilroy, Johnny Depp, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood, Roger Deakins, Diablo Cody, Sweeney Todd Movie Reviews, Away From Her, Laura Linney, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Enchanted, Janusz Kaminski, Transformers, The Savages, The Kite Runner, Atonement, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Tim Burton, Movie Reviews, The Simpsons Movie, Sweeney Todd Reviews, Ridley Scott, Brad Bird, Into the Wild, Aaron Sorkin, P.T. Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Chris Weitz, The Bourne Ultimatum, Eastern Promises, Disney, La Vie en Rose, 3:10 to Yuma, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE OF THE YEAR: Ratatouille: This was pretty close to my favorite movie of the year. It's hard to talk about unhyperbolically -- it's simply magical.

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Persepolis: Iranian Feminist as Subversive

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 12.30.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, Iran, Persepolis Film, Persepolis Reviews, Reviews, Feminism, Graphic Novels, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

The film tells the story of an independent girl growing up in a secular Iran in the late 1970s, and what happened to her world in the wake of the Islamic revolution.

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The First Annual Frances Marion Awards

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 12.26.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Persepolis, Juno, Women and Media, Frances Marion, Movies, Women in Film, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

These awards are for films and TV by and/or about women that show women for who we all are: flawed, fat, thin, messed up, leaders, hot, sexy...real.

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Sleepless in Toronto

Efe Cakarel | Posted 09.11.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Paranoid Park, Persepolis, Toronto Film Festival, The Secret Sunshine, Gus Van Sant, New Movies, Entertainment News
Efe Cakarel

Drama might be the most widely celebrated genre of this years festival, however it is definitely not the only genre that this year's eclectic selection offers.

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