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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The young, rebellious Marjane is confronted by a pair of Iranian women in 'Persepolis.' When Islamic revolutionaries toppled Iran's monarchy in 1978 and replaced it with a strenuous theocratic ...

Chicken with Plums opens Friday in select theaters (see times below) Chicken with Plums was shot on French soundstages, with French-speaking actors. The film, which is adapted from Satrapi’s graphic ...

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 ...

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 ...