Really wasn't expecting to like the sketched style of the movie as much as I did, but it was minimalistic in such a way that the story and the characters could be focused on more.

Navigating through the difficulties of living in a war-stricken Iran as a child and leaving the country, "Persepolis" blends a story that tells a girl coming of age of her complicated cultural identity, and also cleverly takes the audience through the devastating Iranian revolution +…

I really, really enjoyed this. I was hooked from beginning to end, and nothing but the narration of the game on the radio was enough to make me stand up and cheer as hard as the girls did. Could not stop smiling when the stern soldier finally loosened up and embraced the win along with everyone else.

Characters, though with their own varying amount of screen time, all felt so incredibly real. Many people were introduced, beginning to end, but…

Following a young girl Bulbul, she and her friends explore teenage sexuality and dreams whilst battling Indian cultural conservative norms about self-expression and love.

The most insightful aspect for me in this whole film is the distinct difference between the older generation and their views on youth culture and how it's affected by "modern thoughts"; they claim that "nowadays, there is only physical love" and how they're "young and naive". Even after a tragic incident regarding the social impacts of…