The 45th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has been a resounding success, attracting huge audiences and presenting the spectrum of cinematic talents. I recently sat down with CIFF Program Director Essam Zakaria to discuss the festival’s triumphant re-entry, its...
Aa historian of American pop culture, Zemeckis continues bringing to life the stories of marginalized women. She wrote, produced and directed the critically acclaimed documentary “Behind the Burly Q,” a Showtime documentary revealing never-before told stories of women from the golden age of...
Sofia Helin is an internationally acclaimed Swedish film and television actress whose work has earned her multiple honors and widespread critical recognition. She won major acting prizes including the Danish Robert Award and Sweden’s Kristallen for her performance as...
Meet producer & indie distributor executive Lindsay Lanzillotta of The Film Arcade Carousel (TFAC). TFAC is a boutique aggregator for small budget indie films under the $2 million range and is a one-stop shop to handle distribution, marketing, and...
Have
you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to create excitement and the
dramatic effects for our favorite live shows and on television and movie screens.
Meet Pyrotechnician/Special FX
Artist Yulia Shibinskaya who has worked on some of today’s top-rated TV...
Michael Moshe Dahan is an Israeli-American filmmaker, artist, and scholar who earned his MFA in Studio Art with a Critical Theory Emphasis from UC Irvine. After a decade behind the scenes as a film executive, he’s now pushing boundaries at...
by Dr. Laura Wilhelm, LauraWil Intercultural
Margaret Gardiner has spent much of her life in and around the world of beauty. A native of South Africa, she was crowned Miss Universe in 1978 at the age of eighteen and has modeled at such...
Author Aviva Reimer is an expert in many facets of life. She is a personal development and life coach, a relationship counselor, a fitness and transformation specialist, and the founder of the "Perfect-Fit Elite Lifestyle & Introduction” firm. Her...
By Larry Jaffee
This January 6th marks the third anniversary of the passing at 82 of Peter Bogdanovich, who 25 years ago keynoted a DVD conference in Hollywood that I chaired. During our pre-event interview to promote his participation, Peter...
by Dr. Laura Wilhelm, LauraWil Intercultural
Just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month, bestselling author Anna Gomez returns with a deeply personal and emotionally resonant new novel, Somewhere Along the Way (Open Road Media Romance; May 6, 2025). Drawing on...
