In many ways Persepolis is a familiar coming-of-age story that is universally relatable for anyone who struggled to find an identity on the way to adulthood or who found the overnight changes to the teenage body freaky. On the other hand, the comic-book animation and writer/co-director Marjane Satrapi's honest telling of her extraordinary adolescence in Iran make this movie something altogether Read more

Big-name films like Sweeney Todd and Alien vs. Predator: Requiem will be getting most of the attention this holiday season, but I'm quite intrigued by a much smaller, very different film that will also be hitting theaters on Christmas day. Persepolis, based on Marjane Satrapi's graphic novels, is an animated coming-of-age story about a young Iranian girl finding her way during the Islamic Read more