September 11th, 2021 marked the 20 year anniversary of the largest terrorist attacks on American soil. The significance of this event not only lies within the number of lives that were taken or the brutality of the attack but also in how many people it touched. While it occurred in New York City, New York,…
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Farbod Ardebili’s “Forbidden To See Us Scream in Tehran” Tells a Powerful Story of Freedom and the Love of Sisters
Farbod Ardebili tells a heart-wrenching and powerful story in his film Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran. The protagonist is a young woman named Shima (Mohadeseh Kharaman). She cares for her young sister, Sherin (Sarina Amiri) while living essentially a “double life” as a singer in an underground heavy metal band. The danger of…
Sting’s Song “Inshallah” Provides Musical Narration to Maya Sanbar’s Film Highlighting Refugee Children
Maya Sanbar has created a gorgeous and haunting world in Footsteps on the Wind. It has the feeling of a nostalgic childhood cartoon that morphs into a larger world to tell an important story. The film tells the story of a family (father, mother, brother, and sister) who are torn apart due to a variety…
AWARDS SEASON – Critics’ Choice Awards 2018: The Shape of Water and Big Little Lies own the night
Another night, another award show. While we were all sleeping, A-stars lined up in Barker Hanger in Santa Monica to attend the 23rd Critics’ Choice Awards. After an evening full of glamour and glitter, it turned out that both The Shape of Water and Big Little Lies are collecting their awards like no other this…
Susan Ateh on BBC drama Kat & Alfie: Redwater
We were lucky enough to chat to Susan Ateh about the BBC’s gripping drama, Kat & Alfie: Redwater, in which she plays the savvy policewoman Bernie Kelly. Redwater is a tiny, picturesque Irish harbour village, a quiet rural idyll by the sea where the Kelly and Dolan families have lived for generations. When Kat and Alfie…
Doctors star Andrea Gordon – We’re going to see a very different Bren
We caught up with Doctors star Andrea Gordon, unlike her screen character ‘Bren’, she is quite the glamour puss. BBC’s popular soap Doctors has won multiple awards, having joined the cast in 2014, Andrea Gordon stars as the drug and alcohol addicted Bren Lee. As Bren, she has had a rollercoaster of storylines and caused…
Just Celebrity Reports… Day 3 at Comic Con London 2017: Small people on the big screen, familiar faces and newcomers
Oh no, it’s the last day of the 31st edition of the MCM Comic Con London. But don’t cry. We have a least one day! Just like the previous day, the programme promises us a lot of good things. So let’s start! If you ask people how they would describe a Comic Con, then they…
Tanya Franks about supporting the film industry, the journey to success and Inside No.9
At the Raindance Independent Filmmakers Ball, our wonderful celebrity reporter Liselotte caught up with TV star Tanya Franks. Welcome at the Raindance Independent Filmmakers Ball, have you been here before? Well it’s my first time at this particular fundraising event but I did have a short film that premiered a few years ago here at Raindance,…
REVIEW: Hilarious and relatable: web series ‘Happy Now’
We had a chance to watch and review two episodes of the brand new series by Gavin O’Grady and Natasha Bardusco, all about modern love and relationships… Happy Now is a UK comedy web series about relationships and the relatable struggles they go through in their daily lives. Each episode is written by a different…
Happy Now Web Comedy Series launches new episodes with a stellar cast
The brand new British comedy web series Happy Now launches new episodes, including Long Weekend featuring popular online star Bella Younger (AKA Deliciously Stella), this British comedian has over 124 thousand instagram followers and Techno Cock, starring TV presenterMatt Johnson. This exciting web series was written mainly by women, produced by a woman and shares great female characters. Happy Now is a series about relationships and…