Sony Pictures Classics' animated coming-of-age film "Persepolis" will close the 45th annual New York Film Festival, which announced an eclectic lineup featuring new works from Sidney Lumet, Gus Van ...

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 ...

"It's all me me me," she says. "Or me me and myself. Then more me. It's just disgusting. (Laughs.) Every once in a while, I'll look at myself in the mirror and just say, 'Shut up. Stop talking about ...

When Marjane Satrapi was a young girl in Iran, there were two things she most looked forward to: shaving her legs, and becoming the last prophet in the galaxy. Now, she can add winning an Oscar to her ...

Persepolis is a small landmark in feature animation. Not because of technical innovation—though it moves fluidly enough and its drawings have a handcrafted charm forgotten in the era of the ...

This deceptively simple animated film sheds heartfelt light on the misunderstood people living within the 'Axis of Evil' THREE STARS: The characters in "Persepolis" are simply drawn by animators, in ...

[indieWIRE’s Cannes ’06 Market Daily column is being published in the Cannes Market News print dailies, produced by Le Film Francais and the Marche du Film. 13,000 copies of the English-language ...

BANGKOK — The Bangkok International Film Festival has dropped the Cannes prize-winning animated movie “Persepolis,” which had been skedded as the new-look fest’s opening movie. Tuesday move followed a ...

Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, her acclaimed graphic novel turned film about growing up in revolutionary Iran, is up for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. What’s her take on U.S. politics? “President ...

Director Marjane Satrapi discusses "Radioactive" a new biopic about chemist Marie Curie. The film "Radioactive" portrays the life of Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize -- with her ...