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Italian actress Monica Bellucci and French-Iranian filmmaker Marjane Satrapi talk about their dark comedy "Dear Paris", which is set in the French capital and follows a flurry of charming characters confronting death. Also on the programme: the video games to look out for over the summer, including "Assassin’s Creed", "Call…

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From the first graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize to heartbreaking stories of mystery and adventure

One of the year’s best films, Celine Song’s Korean-American love story, now on streaming and DVD, continues cinema’s rich tradition of immigrant stories, from Chaplin to Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi's memoir has a history of garnering controversy — it's been on the ALA's list of most challenged books and continues to be the subject of debate about inclusion in school curriculums.

Unlike traditional novels, graphic novels utilise a range of visual techniques to tell the story, such as panel layouts, colour schemes, and the use of shadow and light

Paris (AFP) - For Marjane Satrapi, whose classic "Persepolis" tells the story of a girl growing up in post-revolutionary Iran, finding a way to voice support for the anti-theocracy protests in her native land wasn't easy.

‘What I have lived, the youth is living now,’ says Marjane Satrapi, whose graphic novel depicted girl’s life in 1979 Islamic revolution