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 ...

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 ...

“Persepolis” is a true original in the eclectic world of animation, one that’s full of fascinating contradictions.It’s a colorful autobiography rendered in crisp black-and-white; it’s about Iran’s ...

“Persepolis” is a true original in the eclectic world of animation, one that’s full of fascinating contradictions. It’s a colorful autobiography rendered in crisp black-and-white; it’s about Iran’s ...

“I have always been against this idea of the ‘clash of cultures,'” Marjane Satrapi says. “It’s the biggest piece of bullshit I’ve ever heard.” That’s apparent from her films and graphic novels, which ...

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 ...

TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisian police used tear gas Friday to disperse thousands in the capital in the latest protest over the airing of "Persepolis," an animated film that Islamists have called ...

Now “Persepolis” has been dubbed in English, with Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve reprising their roles as Marjane and her mother; Sean Penn voicing Marjane’s dad, Gena Rowlands her ...

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 ...

Forget the battle of Thermopylae. Iranian film execs are staging their own battle of “Persepolis.” Farabi Cinema Foundation, the country’s government-affiliated film org, sent a letter of protest to ...

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