Protesters in Iran are ‘beautiful and inspiring’, says Persepolis creator
‘What I have lived, the youth is living now,’ says Marjane Satrapi, whose graphic novel depicted girl’s life in 1979 Islamic revolution
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
August 2017
Film blog
Sacré bleu! Why Franco-Belgian comic-book movies are more fun than Marvel and DC
Home-grown superheroes may rule over Hollywood, but French and Belgian comic-book adaptations are often stranger and sexier than their US counterparts
August 2015
Film blog
Five great female-friendly comic-book adaptations
The Diary of a Teenage Girl is the latest comic book movie to feature a heroine, but women are still woefully underrepresented in the genre overall
March 2015
The Voices review – Marjane Satrapi’s ghoulish psycho-comedy
Marjane Satrapi: the Persepolis director escapes her comfort zone
May 2014
Wonder Girl's head-sized breasts illustrate the sexism problem in comics
Joan Hilty
Joan Hilty: As more women and girls read comics, an industry that still peddles sexism and misogyny risks its own irrelevance
November 2013
Top 10...
Top 10 animated movies
Moving bits of paper around (the old way) or painting with billions of pixels (the new) has conjured up some of the greatest films of all time. From The Iron Giant to Persepolis, Guardian and Observer critics pick the 10 best
January 2012
Chicken with Plums: the snowy side of Tehran
Marjane Satrapi, creator of hit animation Persepolis, talks politics, revolution and about why her new film reimagines Tehran from a distance. She speaks to Geoffrey Macnab
October 2011
Tunisian election 2011: protesters demand freedom of speech - video
A week before Tunisians vote in their country's historic general election – the first since the Arab spring – protesters gathered to demand free speech
June 2011
How to film a graphic novel
Don't: hate your staff. Do: cast Iggy Pop. Persepolis director Marjane Satrapi offers up a masterclass in comic-book movie adaptation
March 2011
Top 100 women: writing and academia
Marjane Satrapi
Graphic novelist behind Persepolis, an autobiographical account of an Iranian youth
July 2009
Persepolis revisited
Two fans of Marjane Satrapi's iconic graphic novel have created their own version in support of the protests in Iran. Homa Khaleeli reports
June 2009
News blog
Persepolis 2.0: Iran poll inspires sequel
The award-winning cartoon Persepolis told the story of the Iranian revolution and its aftermath. Now it has been updated to include the post-election unrest
November 2008
Film blog
Why animation is no longer child's play
Ben Patashnik: Waltz With Bashir and Persepolis are the latest examples of films using animation to tackle horrors we are becoming inured to
August 2008
DVD review: Persepolis
Persepolis
May 2008
Good versus evil, again
Hossein Derakhshan
Hossein Derakhshan: Persepolis is a black-and-white film which also adopts a very black-and-white view of Iran
