For the people of Iran, the last few decades have been devastating politically, socially and religiously. Understanding this experience through the eyes of a young Iranian girl as she comes of age ...

A woman slumps in a Paris airport, a thread of smoke rising from her cigarette. As she awaits a flight to Tehran, she remembers. And as she does, the colors drain. What is left as she flashes back to ...

As an animated feature, “Persepolis” is a low-tech production when compared to the digitally enhanced pyrotechnics that draw the “oohs” and “ahs” in today’s movie marketplace. But though it’s ...

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 ...

A memoir in the form of an animated feature, "Persepolis," adapted by Marjane Satrapi from her acclaimed graphic novels, is a remembrance told not with anger but disappointment. The film unfolds as a ...

Since the animated feature is rarely tasked to do other than provide an hour and a half of entertainment, Satrapi and Paronnaud’s creation, as artfully cinematic and emotional as any live-action film, ...

Persepolis, directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, based on Satrapi’s graphic novels (Illustrations included in this review are from Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, and Vincent Paronnaud/ ...

For the first time since Jan 21, Oregon men’s basketball was victorious, but was still unable to play a solid 40 minutes. It’s not a... Few screenplay adaptations live up to their original stories.