The year is 1980. It’s yet another day in the lives of film buffs Kamal Haasan, Santhana Bharathi, PC Sreeram and Mani Ratnam. They gather at Samco Hotel’s roof-top in Alwarpet, for an evening of tea and conversation. All of them are in their teens and have a common love for ‘good’ cinema. Apart from Kamal, none of them has made it big yet.
Cut to 2019… Santhana Bharathi has won a National Award for directing Mahanadi (1994). PC Sreeram and Mani Ratnam are now household names. This is the story of Once Upon a Time… in Kollywood.
On Madras Day, we drive down the streets of Chennai, reliving #MadrasMemories through the eyes of 1980s director Santhana Bharathi. Our journey starts in Thiruvanmiyur, at 10.40 am. Our destination? Let’s find out.
A walk to remember
11.40 am, AVM Studios (Minute 60)
Bustling Arcot Road is unusually traffic-free, as we head to one of India’s last surviving film studios, AVM Productions, a place where dreams became reality. Famous for its rotating globe with the letters AVM inscribed across it — the studio was a window to the cinematic world for upcoming filmmakers, including Santhana Bharathi.
Along the way, he points to Forum Vijaya Mall, recalling memories of another famous studio — Vijaya Vauhini Studios, which, in the 1980s, was Asia’s biggest.
“There were plenty of studios in and around Vadapalani back then. Over the years, the studio working model reduced drastically and now, you have several independent producers,” he says.
As clichéd as it might sound, Bharathi says he was mesmerised when he stepped into AVM Productions for Oh Manju (1976), his first film as assistant to legendary filmmaker CV Sridhar. AVM Studios was then considered a hub for South cinema where films were processed, edited and re-recorded.
He takes me through the vacant corridors of AVM Villa Garden, where huge set pieces were erected for film shoots. “I filmed Engirundho Vandhan (1995) and we created a small house here. As a matter of fact, the 100th day function of Raaja Paarvai (1981) was held at AVM Garden,” he says.
The studio is no longer the go-to location for shooting as was the case earlier, and very few filmmakers opt to shoot inside the building now.
Fortunately for us, we catch the makers of Vijay-starrer Bigil renovating the iconic Central Jail replica, to shoot a sequence featuring actor Jackie Shroff. A portion of AVM’s expansive space has now been converted into residential apartments. The studio might have lost its charm, but it still has a enduring legacy.
2.30 pm, Safire Theatre (Minute 230)
We stop at a restaurant nearby for lunch, before heading to the next location. It’s hard to find even a trace of Safire Theatre, regarded as India’s first multiplex theatre and established in 1964. The theatre, which once was a breeding ground for world cinema enthusiasts, is now reduced to an empty plot, located near Gemini Flyover.
Remember the crushing scene in Cinema Paradiso (1988) when Salvatore Di Vita witnesses the theatre getting demolished? That’s how Santhana Bharathi says he felt when Safire Theatre was razed to the ground. All through the 1980s, he would religiously watch movies here, comprising three screens — Safire, Emerald and Blue Diamond. Aspiring filmmakers, he says, celebrated Safire since it primarily screened English films, that too at an affordable price range (₹25).
The American historical drama Cleopatra was the first movie to be played at the theatre. “Emerald and Blue Diamond screened Tamil and Hindi films. I remember watching Padosan (1968) and Mera Naam Joker (1970), which had three intervals,” he remembers.
He adds that Blue Diamond had an option of repeat-viewing, and audiences sometimes watched movies even thrice. “For instance, if you do not exit the lobby after the movie ends; you can sit for the next show,” he says.
A lot can happen over ‘kaapi’
3.30 pm, Drive-In (Minute 290)
Most millennials might not know the fact that the lush green garden of Semmozhi Poonga was once the place where Tamil cinema personalities hung out.
Before Semmozhi Poonga, there was Woodlands’ Drive-In restaurant — the city’s favourite pit stop before it was closed in 2008. Meeting industry friends at Woodlands’ Drive-In restaurant was a regular affair for Santhana Bharathi, who recalls having pointless conversations with friends about life, movies and everything in between. He describes Drive-In as the Cafe Coffee Day of those times, where people would just sit for hours and talk.
“You could spot PB Srinivas at any given day,” he laughs, “It was crowded with people — ranging from musicians to industrialists.” The food was generally brought to the window of the car — something similar to the scene in Aboorva Sagotharargal (1989), which was shot in Drive-In.
4.30 pm, Kamal Haasan’s office, Eldams Road (Minute 350)
Kamal Haasan’s office in Alwarpet may be the Makkal Needhi Maiam’s headquarters now, but it will always be remembered as a ‘cinema rendezvous’ for film buffs “who were trying to explore alternative cinema”. Getting into Kamal’s good books wasn’t an easy task, admits Santhana Bharathi. However, he was part of Kamal’s gang comprising names like RC Sakthi, PC Sreeram, Mani Ratnam and Pratap Pothen to name a few.
Bharathi shares behind-the-scenes anecdotes of how Haasan Brothers (it was renamed Raaj Kamal Films International later) came into place and how RaajaPaarvai’s script was written at his office. “Kamal once hosted a film festival at his house and we watched movies of Federico Fellini and Jean-Luc Godard,” he smiles, adding, “It became a meeting point for all of us who were at that point making inroads into Tamil cinema.”
This is the fourth of a five-part series through a 380-minute tour of heritage sites that celebrates 380 years of Madras


Thomas Luechinger was born into a four children family in the Rheintal of St. Gallen in 1953. His father was a municipality employee and highly committed to the public weal. In his youth already, Thomas Luechinger had the ambition and persistence in becoming an artist, his attention being attracted by painting and film making. He first became a teacher, before he entered the Lucerne School of Art, where he was trained to become an instructor for art classes. Aged barely 23, he was acknowledged for his artistic work with a federal art scholarship. Subsequently, he presented his works in Switzerland and foreign countries and was awarded with several scholarships and prizes by the cantons of Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zurich. Through an atelier scholarship by the city of Zurich he was given the opportunity of a one-year stay in New York, which had a decisive impact on his life. During this period, his sister died in a car accident.
Back from the USA, he got interested in Zen and realized his longstanding wish to produce films. Without any funding by cultural authorities he accompanied Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh with his camera through India. The resulting film STEPS OF MINDFULNESS – A JOURNEY WITH THICH NHAT HANH was a huge success among Swiss and foreign audiences. Since then, Luechinger has worked as a film director as well as an instructor. He has realized several feature documentary films for the cinema as well as in coproduction with television stations. Besides, he has published specialist books, of which some have been translated into other languages.
Together with his family, Luechinger lives in a former farmer’s house on the hills of Appenzell. His film AGNES MARTIN – ON A CLEAR DAY was presented in the international competition of the Toronto Film Festival. During the summer of 2015, the film was screened at the Tate Modern London in line with the Agnes Martin retrospective. Luechinger is an autodidact film maker but has participated in several courses at FOCAL over the last 20 years.


Enjoy a free night of short films about, featuring and inspired by bicycles, at the Eye Cinema in Galway. Find out more about the event and register for admittance on http://bikemovie.eventbrite.com
About the event
A celebration of bicycles through films.
A bike-inspired cinema night is one of the novelties planned to add a fresh spark to this summer’s National Bike Week festival.
The series of eight short films explores the depiction of bicycles on film and the work of Irish and international filmmakers interested in this topic.
Highlights of the evening’s celluloid celebration include excerpts from Belfast native Andy Yoong’s new film Break the Cycle, starring Maeve Baxter along with Daniel and Gerard Wolfe, whose exploits on bikes are truly inspirational. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Mourne mountains and Dublin mountain biking trails, this film features the best Irish downhill riders who narrate their passion for the sport and how important this activity is to ‘break the cycle’ of everyday life.
The evening will also see Niamh Kennedy’s directorial outing documenting the exploits of Dublin cycle couriers – a unique subculture of the Dublin cycling scene. Film buffs will be on the edge of their seats for the Irish cinema premiere of Danny MacAskill’s exploits across the Scottish highlands, and the works of international filmmakers including Coline Maldec on Parisian bike culture, and Canadian Mike McKinley’s examination of BMXers in Vancouver locating urban spots to ride.
Chris Tierney, one of the event organisers, says, “It has been a privilege to work with inspiring filmmakers and collaborators throughout, and we hope you enjoy the resulting programme that is on offer this year, which we are sure will be a spectacular movie night to remember.”
The evening will be of interest to cyclists and non-cyclists alike.
The Galway Bike Festival movie night is being held in the Eye Cinema, and is organised by the Galway Cycling Campaign and supported by the Galway City Council and the Eye Cinema.
The festival, which runs from 18–26 June, will also feature public events with live music, and live cycling performances in Eyre Square.


Since drama's subject matter is centred on human behaviour, and besides learning the art form, knowledge and skills to express human behaviour, drama planning can begin from a number of different • Drama content or skills to be learned • Content in another subject area entirely • An inviting pre-text • An idea from the students themselves • An idea or stimulus from current news, or what is happening in the community .
This drama started with the teacher's aim: to give the students practice in oracy skills, specifically practice in all of the Part of the aim of this drama was to ensure that the five functions language, namely informing, controlling, negotiating, feeling and imagining were all actively practised and the students' talking and active listening were maximised. and a range of Every social situation has its own appropriate and effective language, known as its register, which includes the degree of formality, the forms of address, the appropriate status levels for initiating and responding and the vocabulary that is appropriate. In this drama, the students were challenged to use complex registers of formal address and demonstrate respect through the appropriate vocabulary and non-verbal language., both public and private.
The teacher used as a This is a stimulus of any kind that raises interesting questions that can be turned into drama. the recent discovery of a vast treasure in an Indian temple. This provided opportunities for learning about Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia; cultural understanding (India's history and contemporary challenges); and In any subject dealing with other cultures, care and respect must be shown. In drama, where we step into the shoes of others, our fictional world needs to be as authentic as possible. However, that does not mean we should experience what drama educator and theatre director Wesley Enoch calls 'the paralysis of integrity', where we avoid any forays into others’ cultural territory because we are too fearful of causing offence. This drama work has been checked retrospectively and fully approved by a Hindu priest.. All of these competencies could be incorporated within a This is drama with no outside audience, where the participants use a range of types of role-play that are mixed with theatre techniques to explore a dramatic situation or a story by enacting it. The central method is usually experiential role-play, where the participants together identify and empathise with the characters and act out their roles in the story. where the drama content would be learned by students from sustaining multiple roles, namely managing tension, using a wide range of language (making and presenting) and reflecting on their work within and outside the drama (responding). This led to the The question that the drama sets out to answer. 'Who has the right to the treasure of Trivandrum, and what should it be spent on?' The drama would move from canvassing ideas and plans for using the treasure, to an examination of child labour in India and the possibility of persuading a key authority (embodied as the ancient and revered Maharajah) to use the money to improve child poverty. Process drama can only work if all the students are actively engaged and involved. Fortunately, this particular pre-text already provided The teacher’s aim and focus questions (the 'play for the teacher') have to be centred on finding a dramatic situation that is familiar and exciting enough to 'hook' the children’s initial interest (the 'play for the children'). In this drama, the pre-text of a mystery surrounding discovered treasure provided an immediate and effective hook. of investigating a mystery involving discovered treasure. This unit would begin with a treasure hunt around the classroom where students would piece together clues about the treasure of Trivandrum.
The roles were based on a simple form of the This technique is central to process drama and involves the students taking roles that demand real expertise (e.g. scientists, explorers, or in this drama, top investigative reporters), and in order to respond to the challenge in the drama, they have to acquire and use at least the rudiments of that expertise. and centred on an Indian TV studio with experienced reporters (the children’s main roles, with the As the teacher, you can and should take part in the drama yourself. Doing so will:
• help the students to take the drama seriously • give you the chance to help control what happens without stopping the drama • give you an unparalleled opportunity to suspend the power and status relationships in the classroom. See supporting document: Guide to Teacher-in-role as their producer). Students in their roles would investigate the treasure, what people thought of it and what should happen to it. Both the students and the teacher would change roles where necessary to play people affected by the treasure, townspeople and victims of child labour practices. These would be interspersed by more formal drama sessions that involved the students working as actors and dancers to help them visualise and embody the scenes and the ceremonials.
The planning of the whole unit provided the In process drama some planning changes are inevitable if the tension drops or good ideas emerge. In this drama, adding a previously unplanned physical activity in Lesson 3 allows the students to realise child labour more personally and vividly. for possible changes, as is necessary in process drama.
The teacher-in-role fine tunes her planning on her feet.


as Paul "Poppa Poutine" Boucher: One of Hiram business associates American actor, known from the series Riverdale, Outcast, Happy Town, Lost. In the early 1970s, he attended the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco,...
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Sheriff Keller comes to Veronica's house, Polly talks about Jason and drugs. Alice Cooper comes to school and calls Betty and Veronica for a talk, my mother knows where Polly is, girls tell about the baby shower party. Fred has problems, the construction team resigns, the son decides to help. Fred comes to Clifford Blossom, he wants to find out why the man takes him from the construction team when he comes back to the company and talks to Hermione about everything, unexpectedly noticing Archie with colleagues who want to be a new crew. Hermione meets with Alice, who tries to convince the woman to come to the party. After finishing the work, Mus is beaten. Archie and his colleagues go to the bar where the gang Southside Serpents sits, discovers that F. P. he belongs to a gang. The baby shower continues, her Alice and Penelope appear unexpectedly, and there is a row between the women. Jughead brings Betty to her father, the girl wants to know about drugs and Jason. Alice makes a fuss about her husband, because he wanted their daughter to do an abortion, the man does not want his pregnant daughter to come back home. F. P. together with Joaquin DeSantos they hide Jason's sweatshirt into the bag. Southside Serpents wants to help Fred. Polly decides to live with the Blossom family.
The Riverdale series is about a group of teenagers from the town of Riverdale, where one day one of the teenagers named Jason, who is found dead with a bullet in his head, is missing. A group of teenagers from Riverdale is trying to solve the city-related puzzle, many secrets come to light. The premiere of the series took place on 26 January 2017.
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Fineartactions — The Cinematic Collection PS Actions
Kate Woodman is a cinematic and storytelling photographer who has a stunning color palette. We’ve decided to team up with her to bring her color vision to our audience!
Inspired by the world of storytelling, The Cinematic Collection with Kate Woodman explores a sophisticated palette of colors driven to evoke mood and emotion to your work.
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Some Lessons Randi Alexander Learned from Country Strong, and a #Giveaway
Thanks so much for hosting me today, Em. It’s such a pleasure to know you and to plot all kinds of crazy things to keep us busy!
Friday night, I gave in and watched the movie Country Strong. It’s taken me this long because I’m not a very tough cookie. I’m a soft, gooey cookie who gets emotional and leaks all over as I watch touching scenes in movies, or reads them in books. If I hear a movie is a tear-jerker, I put it off until I’m prepared to have a meltdown.
And that’s exactly what happened. The move is truly intense, and we had to stop it at least four times just to catch our breath (a couple of those times, it was my hubby, Kick, who needed a break.) About halfway through, (spoiler alert! skip to * to if you haven’t seen the movie yet) when Kelly went to visit the sick child, Travis, the emotions started bubbling up inside me. From then on, I was so deep into the characters, I couldn’t un-attach.
When Kelly tried to kiss her husband and he turned away, I knew she’d lost her true love. While both of them were sleeping with whomever they wanted, she never lost hope that he’d forgive her and come back to her, emotionally. But he never did. “Don’t be afraid to fall in love. It’s the only thing that matters in life.” Kelly spoke the words, and truly believed them. When she took her life, she was running from the pain of her addiction, her guilt over losing James’ baby, and the fear of living a life without love.
*(end of spoilers) So, what did I learn? Personally, I saw how forgiveness—especially self-forgiveness—can make or break your spirit. Professionally, a good old-fashioned emotion-packed scene delivers just as much, or more, impact as a really hot sex scene. Psychologically, I can see how we may need to view different types of movies and read different styles of books, depending on our state of mind.
In my story Chase and Seduction, I wrote a scene very similar to the one in Country Strong where Kelly sang to Travis. It’s one of my favorites, and after watching the movie, I now know why. Today, I’m including another of my favorite heart-heavy scenes for you. I hope you enjoy it.
Book Blurb of Chase and Seduction: Country music superstar/actor Chase Tanner has yet to be denied anything–and he’s never wanted anything or anyone more than gorgeous screenplay writer Reno Linden. So when the film they are working on is finally finished, Chase decides to turn up the volume on seducing Reno.
Reno Linden lived a quiet, rural life until she was thrust into the Hollywood scene when her book was adapted to film. Chase Tanner is larger than life, sinfully sexy and hell-bent on getting her into bed. Skittish after a failed wedding engagement, Reno risks the plunge into Chase’s arms, and is surprised that her good girl self can keep up with bad boy Chase.
Though Chase returns to his cowboy roots often, and Reno cherishes the time spent with him on his ranch, the two find their careers pulling them in different directions. Will their attraction survive the glitz and stress of fame?
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Chase and Seduction Excerpt: Chase finished the song. “Thanks again for letting me interrupt this great band.”
“One more! One more! One more!” The audience took up the chant.
“Uh uh. My girlfriend is sitting all alone at the bar, and what kind of a cowboy would do that to a beautiful lady?”
Reno glanced at her ‘bodyguard’, who grinned down at her. She felt her face warm at Chase’s words. “Girlfriend.” She whispered it, never realizing how one little word could made her feel so happy.
Chase jumped off the stage and sprinted through the crowd, high-fiving them and humbly accepting their praise with thank-yous. When he reached her, he shook her makeshift bodyguard’s hand. “Much obliged, sir.”
“Thank you for coming tonight. You’re as stand-up a man as they say you are.”
Chase winked at Reno. “Did you hear that, baby? I am a good cowboy.”
She stood and looped her arm through his. Singing to the children at the hospital, giving up his time to help neighbors. “You’re the best person I know, Chase.”
He stopped and looked at her, his face intent. “From you, Reno, that’s a high compliment.” He brushed her cheek. When camera flashes caught them, he pulled her along toward the other end of the bar.
They headed toward the couple who owned the horse rescue ranch. The two of them sat on barstools, looking dazed by all the attention. A crowd surrounded them.
Chase waited his turn, but whispers started, and in seconds, the group parted. He led Reno forward and they both shook the couple’s hands. “Good luck, and if you ever need anything else, you just call me.”
The man looked struck speechless, but his wife jumped off her barstool and gave Chase a huge hug. “You are our hero.” She started to cry.
Chase peeled her arms from around his neck. “No. All these people…” He gestured behind him. “They’re your heroes, ma’am. I’m just doing my part.”
The man opened and closed his mouth a couple times before he found his voice. “You don’t know how much this means to us. Thank you.”
“Can we get a picture?” a voice behind Reno asked.
Chase looked at the couple. “Okay with you?”
The woman squealed and her husband nodded. “Yes, of course.”
They posed for a dozen shots, Chase in the middle with an arm around each of them, his smile genuinely happy.
He shook both their hands once more then took off his hat and reached into his pocket. He pulled out a black indelible marker and signed the hat brim. “I hear there’s an auction later.” He handed the hat to the woman. “Would you include this? You might get a few dollars off it.”
The woman held it as reverently as a crystal tiara. Tears ran down her face, and she sniffled. “This is too much. Thank you. You’re a Godsend.”
Chase’s cheeks colored. He grabbed Reno’s arm and ushered her out of the building. As the door closed behind him, he took a deep breath. “I get damn uncomfortable when women cry.”
Reno kept her head down and wiped the tears from her cheeks.
He stopped and bent to look at her face. “Aw, not you, too.”
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“Rode Hard and Put Up Satisfied”
-Chase and Seduction is Book 1 of the Hot Country Series, and is available digitally at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, All Romance Ebooks, and in paperback at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Createspace


The Little Mermaid Special Edition is coming out October 3. And it got me thinking again about that stupid movie. Now I like the music in the Little Mermaid. Shoot, I even know the lyrics to most of the songs. But that story is just ridiculous. You can read some more about it on my previous postings.
Anyways, earlier this year Yvonne and I were at Solvang, CA. In the city, they had a Hans Christian Anderson museum, and we went in. And there, I saw the Little Mermaid. I had no idea who had written it until then. For those of you who don't know who Hans Christian Anderson is (like I didn't before), he was a fairy tale writer. And if you didn't know, fairy tales back then weren't written for purely entertainment, but for moral teaching.
That got me thinking… Disney's the Little Mermaid definitely had no moral story. So I was interested in what was suppose to happen. In the Disney version, the evil bad octopus lady dies. The king gives her daughter away. Ariel gets her man. The prince gets his fish, and they get married. (Of course I'm sure they get divorced soon after. How often does a 16 year old fish find the love of her life without even knowing who he is?) It is a happy ending. Although this story teaches nothing to children. It teaches them to be disobedient and in the end, you get what you think you want. Pure crap.
Now go read the original story. You know what happens at the end?
Ariel DIES! That's right folks. She dies. She has a chance to save herself by killing the prince in the end, but she doesn't. She sacrifices herself to save the prince. Now that's a story! Stupid Disney. Always ruining everything.


Pangolin.Africa is a major production partner in the ground-breaking new documentary, Eye of the Pangolin. The film is the story of two South African filmmakers who travel the continent to find the elusive African pangolin, the most trafficked mammal on earth. Along the way, they also meet the people who are trying to save the creature which is now on the edge of extinction.
Rather than taking the traditional route of making the film and then approaching distribution partners (like tv companies and cinemas) to buy it we raised all the production money before so we could release it online for free on Youtube. We now need to get it seen! This is where you can help.
Our goal is to reach 10 million views and make Eye of the Pangolin the most watched wildlife documentary ever because we believe that if people come to know the pangolin they will care enough to help save it.
Hiring a cinema to screen a film can be really expensive – and the audience is limited by the number of seats available. So we’ve created a really simple way for anyone with a website or blog to support the distribution of the film by hosting an online screening of the film.
Create a new page on your website and load the Youtube Iframe code that you will receive once you have registered below.
Add your own message and images to your followers (eg info of a new product launch or maybe just well wishes for the campaign from your company).
Reach out to your customers, suppliers, followers and friends and direct them to the page to view the film. The film is only 45 minutes long so can fit neatly into a lunch hour for example.
In return, you will be associated with the film and you’ll receive the following:
Promotional content and images for your social media channels and/or newsletter to stimulate engagement and help drive traffic to the film page, resulting in increased traffic to your website. Everyone wins…especially the pangolins.
Positive PR for your organisation with being part of this amazing campaign to raise awareness about the most trafficked animal on earth


In 2016 Core created the brand identity for Nip in the Bud, a charity based in the UK. Nip in the Bud films are designed to educate parents, teachers and the general public about children’s mental health issues.
The films aim to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and encourage early intervention by showing the symptoms, causes and effects of mental health issues in children.
We created a bright, youthful colour palette and brand system that worked as a framework for the films, as well as the communication collateral used to market the films and charity.
In addition to creating the brand identity for Nip in the Bud, we also worked with the film director to produce three breakout animation sequences for the films 'An Introduction to
Conduct Disorder in Children', 'An Introduction to Depression in Children' and 'An Introduction to Anxiety in Children'.
The films are regularly aired on the community channel in the UK, and the feedback from the films and to the identity has been amazing.


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The Wizard of Wilstrop
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"I do hope all the members of the cast of The Wizard of Wilstrop have eventually found their way back to Tockwith with the help of 'Alexa' We came along to the Matinee yesterday and were absolutely blown away by the performance. The younger members of the cast were amazing and so enthusiastic whilst the rest of you followed suit as you always do! You never fail to entertain us and we look forward to it year on year. We clapped and cheered along with a 'little booing' - not alot!! Many Congratulations to each and every one of you and never ever forgetting the army of back stage crew who put so much hard work into the production. Well done - and we are looking forward to the 2024 Pantomime already!! Thanks to you all."
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The show was so good and flowed from start to finish no matter what age you were it was a pleasure to be watching you all entertaining us and it was clear you the actors were enjoying it as well clearly a lot of practice was put in by you all
Thanks very much"
"A true triumph....and the best one to date"
"Thank you Tockwith Players! You were as fab as ever!"
"I'm ninety years old and I've been involved in directing and appearing in many shows and I have to say it was a true privilege to be here today watching this one. Absolutely marvellous and well done"


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A graduate of the Hollywood Film Institute, Don Vasicek was a writer/consultant for MGM's Warriors of Virtue, screenwriter for Incline Productions, Inc.'s The Crown, writer/associate producer for American Film Corporation's The Lost Heart and Born To Kill. Mr. Vasicek also writes screenwriting columns for Hollywood Lit. Sales, Moondance International Film Festival's E-zine, Screenplace, Screenwriters Forum, Screenplayers Net, Screenwriters Utopia, and Spraka & Kinsla (Swedish). He also founded Olympus Films+. He wrote, directed, and produced Faces and Oh, The Places You Can Go... through his film company, Olympus Films+. He has written and published How To Write, Sell, And Get Your Screenplays Produced, and The Write Focus and over 500 articles, short stories, and poems.
Mr. Vasicek's current project, which is in development, is a feature documentary film and interactive media about the Sand Creek Massacre. With a working title of The Sand Creek Massacre: A Lesson From American History, the film focuses on the strength of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes that has helped them survive over 300 years of genocial intent. It is being produced by his companies, Olympus Films+ and Panther Films,LLC.
Mr. Vasicek is also co-writing a book titled, "Vancouver Missing". It is a true crime book about over sixty women who went missing, one-by-one, from Downtown Eastside Vancouver. He has also placed a feature documentary film and interactive media with the same subject matter and title into development.


. September 2019 auf Netflix) basiert auf dem wahren Leben des ehemaligen Mossad-Agenten Cohen, Die Hauptrolle spielt der mit der TV-Serie Who Is America? für drei Emmys nominierte Sacha Baron Cohen Historienserie mit Sacha Baron Cohen und Noah Emmerich. Die Miniserie The Spy aus dem Hause Netflix dreht sich um den Spion Eli Cohen, der in den 60er Jahren in die höchsten Ränge der syrischen.. Netflix bringt nun seine Geschichte in The Spy in Serienformat. Warum das Resultat nur bedingt funktioniert, lest ihr in unserem Review. 5. September 2019: Der Mossad, Israels Geheimdienst, mag zwar eine sehr verschwiegene Organisation sein, hatte aber über die letzten Jahrzehnte einige der besten Spionagegeschichten zu bieten
Created by Gideon Raff. With Sacha Baron Cohen, Hadar Ratzon Rotem, Yael Eitan, Noah Emmerich. Based on the life of the Israeli spy, Eli Cohen Der Streaming-Dienst Netflix realisiert mit Borat-Darsteller Sacha Baron Cohen einen TV-Mehrteiler mit dem Titel The Spy. Der britische Schauspieler spielt in der Filmbiographie den.
Episodenbild The Spy 1x01 © 2019 Netflix Inhaltsangabe zu der Episode The Spy 1x01: «The Immigrant» Der Mossad arbeitet verzweifelt daran, einen Agenten in Syrien einzuschleusen und rekrutiert den.. THE SPY is inspired by the real-life story of former Mossad agent, Eli Cohen, who successfully goes undercover in Syria in the early 1960s. Cohen becomes close enough to ambitious military leaders.. Netflix's The Spy - Gallery In truth, Eli is living a separate life as Kamel Amin Thaabet, a wealthy businessman whose charm allows him to not only rise up through the ranks of power in the Syrian.. Directed by Jens Jonsson. With Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Lassgård, Damien Chapelle, Alexander Scheer. Sonja Wigert is a diva and star in Stockholm when WW2 breaks out, rapidly getting attention from the Nazi officer Josef Terboven. She's then recruited by Swedish intelligence as a spy, but Terboven makes her spy on the Swedes The Spy, Netflix 's new limited series, places Sacha Baron Cohen in a relatively unfamiliar position: stripping him of his humor and placing him within the bounds of a script. On shows and in..
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Netflix's 'The Spy' Review: Sacha Baron Cohen's Dramatic Star Vehicle Never Gets Off the Ground The transformative comedian does a fine job playing '60s Mossad agent Eli Cohen, but he's just one.. The Netflix series is based on the life of Israel's top Mossad spy Eli Cohen, who is portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen
Netflix's new series The Spy, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as the real-life Israeli intelligence operative Eli Cohen, is good theater. But the real story is even more incredible. Eli Cohen is Israel's most famous spy—and with good reason. The Egyptian-born Jew, using the alias Kamel Amin Thaabet, rose to the upper echelons of Syrian society in the 1960s. As the film depicts, Syria. Sacha Baron Cohen in The Spy, a Netflix series about Israeli Mossad spy Eli Cohen BY AXEL DECIS/NETFLIX The new Netflix series, The Spy, appears to be more fiction than fact as it tells the story of Israeli spy Eli Cohen. The show may be Mossad's attempt to rescue its reputation after years of botched operations and blown covers
6 Best Spy Movies on Netflix - 2021 Guide 1. The Lives of Others (2006) img source: tynesidecinema.co.uk We need to begin our list with this masterpiece. If you... 2. The Informant! (2009) img source: ltrbxd.com Who doesn't love Matt Damon? We surely do, and you will, too, after... 3. Traitor. The Spy S01 SEASON 1 (2019) Netflix Series: (The Spy 2019 | Netflix) All Episodes [ Hindi Dubbed English Subtitles ] on KatmovieHD written and directed by Gideon Raff and Max Perry based on the life of Israel's top Mossad spy Eli Cohen in Syria, portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen (no relation) The real story behind 'The Spy,' Sacha Baron Cohen's new Netflix series By Josefin Dolsten September 6, 2019 4:14 pm Sacha Baron Cohen portrays the late Eli Cohen in The Spy Coproduction OCS désormais disponible sur Netflix, The Spy est un thriller d'espionnage d'envergure porté par Sacha Baron Cohen. Cette mini-série, inspirée d'une histoire vraie, vaut-elle le coup.. Netflix hat nun den geplanten Start einer neuen Miniserie mit Sacha Baron Cohen bekanntgegeben: Ab September soll der britische Schauspieler und Comedian in The Spy als Spion zu sehen sein,..
Here's the list of really good spy movies on Netflix that are available to stream right now. You can also watch some of these movies on Hulu or Amazon Prime. 12. XXX: State of the Union (2005) If you are a fan of the XXX franchise and love seeing Vin Diesel in the high-octane action scenes, you must give Ice Cube a chance to impress you in this 2005 sequel. The former NWA member is one fine. The real story behind 'The Spy,' Sacha Baron Cohen's new Netflix series Legendary Israeli agent Eli Cohen embedded himself into the upper crust of Syrian society, providing intelligence to. A new Netflix series titled 'The Spy' has sparked outrage on social media as it portrays the life of Israeli spy Eli Cohen, played by controversial actor Sacha Baron Cohen. Produced by 'Homeland''s..
Most well-done spy movies or series have something surprising at their core, and in the case of Netflix's new limited series The Spy, that notable element is that the drama is based on real events,.. Netflix's The Spy, which dropped on August 6, sees Sacha Baron Cohen take on a rare non-comedic role (and is it ever non-comedic) as true-life Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who rose up through the levels.
Netflix's The Spy starring Sacha Baron Cohen is a wild espionage thriller about a man who went from being an accountant to a legendary secret agent. Moment of silence for all of us simply aspiring.. The Spy (TV series) - Wikipedia The Spy is an espionage thriller television miniseries written and directed by Gideon Raff and Max Perry based on the life of Israel's top Mossad spy Eli Cohen in Syria, portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen (no relation). The series is a co-production between Canal+ and Netflix, with OCS airing the show i.. La série est une production de la société française Legende production pour Canal+ et Netflix, diffusée en France en exclusivité par la chaîne OCS et dans le reste du monde par Netflix,. La mini-série comporte six épisodes, diffusés pour la première fois le 6 septembre 2019 sur OCS et Netflix Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Da Ali G Show) takes a dramatic turn as real-life spy Eli Cohen in this thriller inspired by true events. Videos The Spy. The Spy: Season 1 (Trailer) Episodes The Spy . Limited Series. Release year: 2019. In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad. 1. The Immigrant. Sacha Baron Cohen provides another reminder that being a clown requires serious acting chops, which the famous prankster puts to use in The Spy, a taut Netflix limited series based on a.
Die sechsteiligen Miniserie The Spy basiert auf der erstaunlichen, aber wahren Geschichte Eli Cohens. Sacha Baron Cohen spielt den berühmten Mossad-Agenten, der erfolgreich in Syrien als. Foto: AXEL DECIS / NETFLIX Weiterlesen mit SPIEGEL+. Mehr Perspektiven, mehr verstehen. Ihre Vorteile mit SPIEGEL+ Der SPIEGEL als Magazin. als E-Paper in der App und im Web. Alle SPIEGEL+-Artike The Spy review: A serious dramatic turn by comic legend Sacha Baron Cohen saves Netflix's new miniseries from being a joke Sacha Baron Cohen in 'The Spy' as Eli Cohen. Netflix The Ba'athist coup and Eli Cohen's role. As depicted in Episodes 4 and 5 of The Spy, Cohen aligns with Hafiz and the Ba'ath political party to. We have everything you need to know on Netflix's latest espionage thriller including the plot, cast, trailer and Netflix release date. The Spy is an upcoming Netflix Original espionage thriller based on the screenplay by Gideon Raff and Max Perry. The series is a co-production between the French studio Canal+ and Netflix
The Spy, a six-part Netflix miniseries about Cohen's life, showcases the legendary Mossad agent's relationship with his wife, Nadia (Hadar Ratzon Rotem). Cohen (Sacha Baron Cohen) was the kind of. The true story of Eli Cohen (played by Sacha Baron Cohen) and his espionage work in Syria during the 1960s was the inspiration for Netflix Original series The Spy.The action-packed first season. Netflix's new limited series The Spy begins with a simple question: Who is our protagonist? Sure, we know who is playing him. That would be Sacha Baron Cohen, making a stunning and rare turn into. Netflix's new docuseries, Sorry - it's not going to teach you how to be a spy. It rewards said time and focus by expanding your knowledge, giving you some fun facts to pull out at dinner parties, and pulling you away from your phone for four hours. But don't let the use of second person in the trailer fool you; every spy technique listed in the series requires money, contacts, or.
THE SPY is the brand new espionage series coming to Netflix with Sacha Baron Cohen as the leading man. Here's all there is to know about The Spy - from its release date and cast to trailer and plot That's the case with The Spy (streaming on Netflix), a six-parter that's based on the story of real-life Mossad agent Eli Cohen, who went undercover for Israel in Syria in the early 1960s. A review of the six-part Netflix miniseries The Spy, about Mossad agent Eli Cohen, played by Sacha Baron Cohen, and also starring Hadar Ratzon Rotem, Yael Eitan, and Noah Emmerich Though it bears many of the same trademark signs, Netflix's The Spy is not your typical espionage thriller, and that's not just because it stars the guy who created Borat as a real-life Israeli intelligence officer caught up in a web of his own deceit. Sacha Baron Cohen plays Eli Cohen, a fictionalized version of the actual Israeli spy who in the 1960s assumes a second identity as Kamel.
Netflix's new series, The Spy, is everything the HBO show Our Boys - which the prime minister recently lambasted in true Trumpian style - is not: Uncritical, unadventurous and underwhelming. The show, which will be available on September 6, recounts the story of Israel's most famous spy, Eli Cohen, who finagled his way into the upper echelons of Syrian politics in the early. Noch gibt es keinen Termin, wann der The Spy weltweit (außer in Frankreich, wo ein TV-Sender die Rechte hat) auf Netflix erscheinen wird. Cohen machte sich selbst zuletzt übrigens auf der.
The best spy movies on Netflix 1) The Departed. Martin Scorsese's 2006 Irish mob drama gets a bad wrap sometimes for beating Little Miss Sunshine at the Oscars. The Departed is one of the best. Aug 29, 2019 - Die Miniserie The Spy aus dem Hause Netflix dreht sich um den Spion Eli Cohen, der in den 60er Jahren in die höchsten Ränge der syrischen Gesellsch.. Sacha Baron Cohen ist jetzt Geheimagent. The Spy, ab 6. September auf Netflix Wöchentlich stellt Livenet Filme oder Serien vor und bewertet sie. Heute wird die sechsteilige Miniserie «The Spy» behandelt, die auf wahren Begebenheiten basierend das Leben des Mossad-Spions Eli Cohen darstellt
Netflix's original films have managed to bring some of the best working directors in the business right onto our TVs and laptops. In the past few years alone, they've released films from the likes. Problem is Netflix probably has the most varied content, so if they had it then it'd be the best! Edit: while I appreciate all the suggestions for Scener, Teleparty, netflix party, discord etc, those are not what I'm looking for. All of those are extension/websites that can only be used on desktop/laptop. I've used all of them, and for. The Spy. Sacha Baron Cohen stars as a Mossad agent in the thrilling Netflix mini-series, The Spy, which is written and directed by Homeland creator Gideon Raff. Eli Cohen worked undercover in. Here are the best spy movies on Netflix, that you can stream right now. Whether you're looking for spy thrillers or movies about espionage, or even more specifically, CIA movies on Netflix. This list of spy movies currently on Netflix is regularly updated with new and popular spy films you can..
Get your thrills with these excellent spy movies currently available on Netflix. The Angel (2018) IMDB Score 6.7/10. An adaptation of the non-fiction book The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel by Uri Bar-Joseph, it tells the true story of Ashraf Marwan, played by Marwan Kenzari, a high ranking Egyptian official who became a spy for Israel and helped achieve peace between the two. In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad. Watch trailers & learn more Netflix has rounded out series regulars for the forthcoming female-driven spy thriller series In From The Cold with Ivana Sakhno, Cillian O'Sullivan, Lydia Fleming, Charles Brice and Alyona. The daughter of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen said Sunday it hurt to watch the new Netflix series about her father's life and execution in Syria, lamenting some historical inaccuracies.


So I picked up M&C on the cheap at Best Buy the other day. It was a movie I had always wanted to see, but never got around to it, and when I saw it for cheaper than renting it, I decided to give it a go.
First things first, the movie is gorgeous. There’s so much love and care put into the ships and designs and such an honest attempt to make the movie pretty historically accurate. The cinematography allows for that effort to be shown too. There were many, many scenes where I was just blown away at the amount of detail. Especially in the ships, the two ships in the movie are just gorgeous.
It was pretty graphic at times, and I couldn’t really bring myself to actually watch the part of the screen where the doctor was removing the bullet from his own gut, but the violence and the graphicness has a point; and it’s why the movie works. It would have been very easy to simply make a cat & mouse action movie with two ships stalking each other, but they went the extra mile to instead make this a movie about the people on the ships. Their relationships with each other, with their enemy, and with their captain. People stuck at sea, eventually against their will, for a very, very long time. The movie also explores to a great deal the duty of leadership, and the burden it can be. All this being said, you end up caring a great deal when the battles do happen, and you are invested in the outcome of the characters.
And the action scenes are intense. Part of me was thinking “Now I know they didn’t just throw a bunch of people in a ship and actually fire cannons at them…I’m sure there’s a clause against that in the stuntman union, but I don’t know how else they could have done it. I was terrified for these people trapped in the cramped spaces below deck as cannonballs ripped through the hull, throwing bodies and debris everywhere. The action scenes felt very real, which added to the intensity.
All in all, it wasn’t quite the movie I was expecting. Because of that, I know I’m going to watch it again to catch more things. But it was a very good character drama with some great action scenes thrown in, and I don’t regret buying it one bit.


The legendary Michael Mann's Heat sound mixer, The Independence Day Oscar nominee and Dance With The Wolves Oscar winner , Bill W. Benton, was the mentor and instructor of Soufiane El Khalidy at Full Sail University. He described the young filmmaker and actor as a brilliant and rare talent with a bright future. In addition, Peter Gordon, the Managing Director of Gulf Channel (1994 - 2009 ), described Soufiane as creative, reliable and added that the young artist would have a long career in the entertainment business.
Aaron Weldon, the second unit Director of David Fincher ( Fight Club, Social Network, House of Cards) and head of Blur Studios on season 3 of Love, Death and Robots claimed after directing the actor on his first commercial that Soufiane always brought a sense of excitement and discovery to the process. Collaboration was of the utmost importance, and he always looked for ways to improve the project without distracting from it's intentions. I look forward to working with Soufiane again.
In February 2023, Soufiane El Khalidy joined the cast of the Romanian sensation Alexandru Badea's new film "No Linden Trees". Few months ago, Soufiane finished filming, "Klandestin", the new feature film starring the French icon, Lambert Wilson. Prior to that, he played the lead on the music video by the French rapper, JXSH. Furthermore, He played a major supporting role on the new Showtime spy thriller TV Series, "Beirut", directed by Greg Barker ( "Sergio" on Netflix). Moreover, He was the special agent Youssef on the highly popular Egyptian action TV series "The Eight" directed by Ahmed Medhat. This Tv series was premiered in June 2022 on the Arab World leading streaming service Shahid owned by the MBC group. On November 2021, he finished filming the new History Channel Tv Series, directed by Roel Reine, called "Colosseum", which took place during the Roman Empire. He played the young Centurion charged by the emperor to find the best gladiators around the world.
In 2020, Soufiane was filming the new installment of the German franchise "Zielfahnder 3", playing the role of the charismatic Commander of Moroccan Special Forces. He previously embodied the angel Redwan on the new science fiction film "Riley Parra: Better Angels", produced by Tello Films and based on the nominated Primetime Emmy television show of the same name. Soufiane El Khalidy worked with the famous Hollywood CGI artist, Aaron Weldon, for the commercial, "Heroic Girl", for "Al Anon" national US campaign against alcoholism, where he played the lead role of an alcoholic father.
Moreover, Soufiane played an inspiring Hip Hop artist on Brian Hooks dramady "Project Hollywood" starring Kobe Randolph and the music legends, Jay Z and Kanye West. On the other hand, Soufiane El Khalidy is also known for his physicality on action movies. In the Feature Film " Shockwave : Countdown to Disaster", he played the character of the young activist and a SWAT Officer on the Hollywood science fiction film "Stray" starring Karen Fukuhara (Suicide Squad), Takayo Fischer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Moneyball) and Christine Woods (Hello Ladies).
=== Soufiane El Khalidy, The Artist with Multiple Talents===
In November 2020, He signed with the French publishing house "Amalthée Editions" for the release of his first novel " Riffs Of A Moroccan Rebel " that will be released worldwide in 2022.
In 2018, He is listed by the Magazine MoodMag as one of the Top 5 movie talents born in Africa and Morocco, alongside international stars, Gad El Maleh and Said Taghmaoui. Next to the Grammy Award winner, Redone, Soufiane was ranked the 4th most popular Moroccan Artist in the world according to the Russian number #1 film Magazine, Kinopoisk. He was also called the multi-talented Moroccan in Hollywood by the national television 2m and the media outlets such as Yabiladi and 212.info.
Soufiane El Khalidy has also been present on the 8th season of "NCIS: L.A" as, Sayid Yratti. Furthermore, Soufiane is one of the major actors of the film "Gulag Magadan", produced by Celtic Films. Between 2016 and 2020, Soufiane has been involved in 60 international productions, including Hollywood movies, commercials, web series, music clips for rock legends (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Train, OK Rock) and television shows, both as an actor/ stuntman and member of the production departments. Following his recent successes, Soufiane was admitted as a member of the British's Equity Association (BAEA) . On the other hand, he has been invited to pass the Preliminary Auditions of the Actors Studio in New York in order to become a permanent member.
===Debut Years, 2015-2018===
Soufiane earned his Master Degree in Fine Arts and Film Production from the prestigious Full Sail University (Orlando, FL) in March 2016. An institution known for its alumni who have won several Oscars, Grammys, Golden Globes and other BAFTAs. Moreover, his first experimental short film, "Flags and Masks Down", and his horrific vampire and rock'n'roll scenario "JukeBox Zero", were both selected by 32 film festivals across the US and the rest of the world, including Los Angeles, New York, San Antonio, Miami, Orlando, Cleveland, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Malta and Kenya.
In 2015, his film "Flags and Masks Down" had its premiere at the Mostras Amazonas de Cine in Brazil. In September 2015, he won the "Best Short Film" category for his outstanding performance as a director at the "Los Angeles InterShort Film Awards," as mentioned by the event director Ndimbime Msongole. In July 2016, his screenwriting skills on "JukeBox Zero" earned him a semi-finalist award at the Phoenix Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia. The same scenario was also nominated by the "US Hollywood Golden Film Festival" in its 2017 edition. His latest action thriller script "Just Like You Imagined" was nominated as a semi-finalist in Los Angeles Cinefest, in August 2017. In 2018, Soufiane received a new nomination at the 19 th edition of the "Chicago Horror film Festival", in the category best screenwriter.
As a producer, Soufiane received the semi-finalist award in the category "Best Producer" for his film "Flags and Masks Down" among 4000 contestants from 105 countries around the world at the International Open Film Festival. Soufiane is not only a promising new talent as a director, producer, writer and actor, his work as a production designer and art director on the film "Bad Taste" has also been hailed by film professionals, and helped this production sponsored by "Red Bull USA" to be present in many American and international festivals.
On the other hand, Soufiane was the first Moroccan to obtain the "Full Sail Global Achievement Scholarship" for his work in the fields of marketing, cinema, castings and production sets in Florida, Ouarzazate, Casablanca and Marrakech.
===Before Hollywood: Modelling, Business and Journalism===
In 2013, the general public in France and Morocco began to notice his work as an exclusive reporter for Fashion Morocco and its partner, the international model agency, Elite Model Look Morocco, for 3 consecutive years. Furthermore, he was the voice of ads for radio stations, an actor of commercials, and an editor for national magazines (Fashion Morocco, Tjeune, Snobbish, Artisthick). In addition to his long experience on film sets, design, modeling and production design, Soufiane earned a Bachelor's degree in Business from Al Akhawayn University, Morocco. Finally, he was also assistant manager of the French company company based in Casablanca, called Agence N, and the producer, Dino Sebti, at Sigma.
===Early Life in Morocco and France===
Soufiane El Khalidy was born in Agadir, Morocco, July 22nd 1987, He is the eldest son of Malika and Larbi El Khalidy, general practitioner and ex-lieutenant in the Moroccan Army during the late 80's and early 90's. During his teens, Soufiane studied at Lycée Français d'Agadir. Fascinated by the imagery of Stanley Kubrick but also by Tom Cruise and Steve Mcqueen's stunts, he practiced many sports including taekwondo, surfing, English football and basketball. At the Age of 8, He discovered his passion for theatre thanks to his French teacher, monsieur Brick, at L'Alliance Française d'Agadir, studying most of the European greats while performing in several regional events both in French and Arabic. Soufiane is also related to the 70s Moroccan football star ,Mister Brahim Hmid aka Bomba, and the French Blues Singer, Younes El Amine
Dans Ghosts of Beirut, Soufiane El Khalidy campera le rôle de Kerem aux côtés de la star Anglaise Iddo Goldberg ( Snowpiercer, Peaky Blinders, Westworld ) La mini-série d'espionnage réalisée par Greg Barker ( Sergio, Detainee 001, White Coat Rebels), sera diffusée le 19 mai aux Etats Unis sur la chaîne Showtime.
À travers des poèmes très « punk » et « rock’n’roll », Soufiane El Khalidy nous invite à découvrir son parcours personnel et dénonce au passage les travers de la société. Son écriture dévoile une identité multiple et mouvante. Sa poésie, très libre et moderne, dépeint son enfance à Agadir, sa vie d’étudiant à Al Akhawayn, aux États-Unis, en France et en Espagne, des tournages à Hollywood en tant qu’acteur, le racisme dans l’industrie du cinéma, son regard sur les sociétés marocaines, américaines ainsi que le reste du monde, les femmes de sa vie, ses moments de joie, ses moments de doutes…
En choisissant le cinéma, Soufiane voulait montrer un autre Maroc au reste du monde, loin des clichés habituels, de la misère, des paysages désertiques et des couleurs qu’on voit d’habitude sur nos écrans. Il écrira ces poèmes durant ses voyages et ses études, et sur les plateaux de tournage à Hollywood.
Editions Amalthée (Nantes, France)
A seulement 34 ans, l’acteur marocain Soufiane El Khalidy explose à Hollywood. Fort de son expérience dans le secteur cinématographique, il nous livre sa vision pour rattraper les faiblesses des productions nationales.
- Langues Français (maternelle) | Anglais (maternelle) | Marocain (maternelle) | Arabe (maternelle) | Américain (maternelle) | Arabe Littéraire (bilingue) | Espagnol (lu/parlé) | Italien (lu/parlé) | Perse (lu/parlé) | Egyptien (lu/parlé) | Kurde (lu ou parlé) | Dari (lu ou parlé) | Pachto (lu ou parlé)
Niveau bon :
Football, Boxe, Equitation, Kick Boxing, Musculation, Sprint, Cascadeur, MMA (Mixed Martial Arts)
Niveau moyen : Basket Ball, Bodyboard, Taekwondo, Windsurf
Niveau bon :
- Permis Voiture
- Taille 1.75 m
- Poids 78 kg
- Cheveux | Châtain foncé
- Yeux Noisette
- Corpulence Musclée
- Taille confection veste : 42 | pantalon : 42 | pointure : 42 1/2
- Le Chemin du Retour - Fabio Zito - Adil
- Klandestin - Angelina Maccarone - The Coast Guard
- Riley Parra: Better Angels - Christin Baker - Redwan
- Stray - Joe Sill - SWAT Officer
- Rift - Rena Yao - Police Officer
- Shockwave: Countdown To Disaster - Nick Lyon - Young Militant
- Project Hollywood - Brian Hooks - Aspiring Hip Hop Artist
- Gulag Magadan - Michael Kingsbury - Commissar Yagoda
- JXSH: Tatooine - Kylian Erhard - Alfred
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Carried from the Start - Snorri Bros
- BNTLY: Wolves - Jonathan Goetzman - Employee/Wolf
- Train: Play That Song - Travis Kopach
- One Ok Rock: American Girls - Mark Staubach
- Time Bender - Souissi Brothers - Master Of Time
- Where The Love Begins - Brittney Mcpherson - Chad
- Half Life - Jia Cui - The Lawyer
- Rescheduled - Edwardo Aguirre - Nervous Employee
- Auteur du livre "Les Riffs d'un Moroccan Rebel" publié par Les Editions Amalthée ISBN: 2310050423 Ce sont les histoires d’un Marocain qui a refusé de subir le destin Il a laissé la fatalité aux écoliers menottés à leurs chaises Il n’a jamais fait les choses comme les autres gamins Préférant la bagarre que de baisser la tête Préférant jouer que de surjouer l’élève modèle Préférant tomber pour ses idéaux que d’être étouffé par ses racines. À travers des poèmes très « punk » et « rock’n’roll », Soufiane El Khalidy nous invite à découvrir son parcours personnel et dénonce au passage les travers de la société. Son écriture dévoile une identité multiple et mouvante. Sa poésie, très libre et moderne, dépeint son enfance à Agadir, sa vie d’étudiant à Al Akhawayn, aux États-Unis, en France et en Espagne, des tournages à Hollywood en tant qu’acteur, le racisme dans l’industrie du cinéma, son regard sur les sociétés marocaines, américaines ainsi que le reste du monde, les femmes de sa vie, ses moments de joie, ses moments de doutes… En choisissant le cinéma, Soufiane voulait montrer un autre Maroc au reste du monde, loin des clichés habituels, de la misère, des paysages désertiques et des couleurs qu’on voit d’habitude sur nos écrans. Il écrira ces poèmes durant ses voyages et ses études, et sur les plateaux de tournage à Hollywood. Un recueil qui interpelle, questionne et fait réagir.
- Membre du Jury de la 12ème édition du festival international du cinema des Jeunes de Meknes
- 1804: The Hidden History of Haiti - Tariq Nasheed - French General
- Master en beaux arts et production cinématographique à Full Sail University avec bourse d'excellence pour talents Internationaux ( Global Achievement Award for Excellency in Filmmaking) - Full Sail University, USA
- Auditions Préliminaires à l'Actors Studio de New York présidées par Al Pacino et Harvey Keitel - The Actors Studio in New York, USA
- Stage de Formation - Peter Valentino Acting Studio, USA
- Heroic Girl - Aaron Weldon - The Father
Just Like You Imagined (Série en Développement)
1 Nomination: Los Angeles Cinefest Soufiane El Khalidy 2017 Semi Finalist Nominee Jury Award Best Screenplay - Short Soufiane El Khalidy
- JukeBox Zero (Long Métrage En Développement) - Scénariste
8 Nominations: Chicago Horror Film Festival 2018 Nominee Jury Award Best Screenplay Soufiane El Khalidy IndieWise Film Festival 2017 Nominee Jury Prize Best Script Soufiane El Khalidy 2016 Nominee Jury Prize Best Script Soufiane El Khalidy 2016 Finalist Thanksgiving IndustryBOOST Competition Best Script Soufiane El Khalidy US Hollywood International Film Festival 2017 Nominee Golden Film Award Screenplay Soufiane El Khalidy Los Angeles Cinefest 2016 Nominee Los Angeles Cinefest Award Screenplay Short/Television Pilot Soufiane El Khalidy (s) International Open Film Festival (IOFF) 2016 Semi Finalist Nominee Best Award Best Short Screenplay Soufiane El Khalidy STEPS International Rights Film Festival 2016 Nominee Festival Prize Best Script Soufiane El Khalidy
- Flags and Masks Down (Court Métrage) - Réalisateur/Scénariste/Producteur
22 Nominations: Los Angeles Cinefest 2015 Nominee Los Angeles Cinefest Award Best Short Film Soufiane El Khalidy International Open Film Festival (IOFF) 2016 Nominee Best Award Best International Short Film Soufiane El Khalidy IndieWise Film Festival 2016 Nominee Jury Prize Best Short Film Soufiane El Khalidy Barcelona Planet Film Festival 2015 Nominee Jury Prize Best Trailer Soufiane El Khalidy RocknRoll Film Festival Kenya (ROFFEKE) 2016 Nominee ROFFEKE RocknRoll Film Festival Award Rock 'N' Roll Themed Short Film Soufiane El Khalidy Broken Knuckle Film Festival 2015 Nominee BKFF 2015 Slamin Short Soufiane El Khalidy The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF) 2015 Nominee December Award Trailer of The Month Soufiane El Khalidy Blackbird Film Festival 2015 Nominee Jury Award Best Short Film Soufiane El Khalidy Amazonas Film Festival 2015 Nominee Amazonas Award Best Short Film Soufiane El Khalidy Visionaria 2015 Nominee Jury Prize International Competition Soufiane El Khalidy 2015 Nominee Jury Prize Short Film with Theme Borders Soufiane El Khalidy Ozark Film Festival 2015 Nominee Jury Award Best Short Film Soufiane El Khalidy Miami Independent Film Festival 2015 Nominee Mindie Best Student Short Film Soufiane El Khalidy Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne 2015 Nominee Phoenix Award Best Short Film Soufiane El Khalidy Cyprus International Film Festival 2017 Nominee CIFF Award Best Poster Contest Soufiane El Khalidy Los Angeles Cinefest 2017 Nominee Jury Award Best Poster Soufiane El Khalidy Edwardo Aguirre
- Ghosts of Beirut - Greg Barker - Kerem
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- NCIS: Los Angeles - Tawnia McKiernan - Sayid Lajani
- Riley Parra - Christin Baker - Redwan
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- Kingdom - Adam Davidson - Media Photographer
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Thanks to the OLP community for the wonderful support of The Little Mermaid, Jr. We had three sold out shows, and one near sellout! Thanks to a marvelous cast and crew, and we’re particularly grateful to the Saints guys who showed up to crew! The proceeds from the show will be used to help take 11 OLP and Saints students to Thespian conference, June 23-29 in Lincoln, Nebraska. There they see shows, go to workshops and college fairs, audition for scholarships, and experience college life with over 3,000 like-minded students.
Next fall, the Drama Department is producing Thoroughly Modern Millie from Nov. 14-22.This is a fun show with great music and plenty of roles! Join Millie Dillmount of Salinas, Kansas as she comes to New York for the first time in 1922 and searches for a new life for herself. Auditions will be August 19th, 20th, and 21st after school.
Newly elected Thespian officers for 2014-2015 include Co-Presidents Vanessa Rebeil and Belle Parra, VP’s Andrea Cervantes and Jordan Stewart, Secretary Veronica Marquez, Co-Treasurers Torrey Schenewerk and Dana Price, Publicists Keara Kirkpatrick and Grace Newton, and Co-Commissioners of Activities Rachel Rougas and Susana Alvarado. We congratulate them, and we are looking forward to a great year of theatre in the fall!


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From Hell (I)
In the autumn of 1888, in London’s sordid Whitechapel district, one name evoked terror and trepidation1 more than any other: “Jack the Ripper”. Never identified, Jack the Ripper was a man who, over a four-month period, was responsible for the deaths and mutilation of five women whose destitute lives had led them into prostitution.
Striking only at night, with the handywork and precision of a highly-skilled surgeon, this notorious killer tore at the fabric of London society. Fear and panic spread through communities with every newly discovered body. The killer was never caught. On a trail of death and dismemberment,2 the only thing left alive was the mystery surrounding his identity.
Now, more than a century later, Jack is back as the subject of a new movie starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. In this fictionalized account of the infamous slayings, Depp plays Fred Abberline, opium abuser, brooding widower, and inspector, on the Ripper case. Graham plays Mary Kelly, the ravishing lady-of-the-night who enraptures the morose3 detective. She drives him to risk everything to expose the conspiracy and corruption that cloak her would-be killer.
The film retells the story in all its graphic glory. Its dark imagery and forboding tone pervasively detail the struggle to survive not only Jack the Ripper, but also the degradation and hellish squalor4 of 19th-century London.
By the time he was 13, Johnny Depp was smoking and drinking heavily, abusing drugs, had been arrested for petty theft and vandalism,5 and had lost his virginity. From there, Depp took what would seem to be his destined path into rock and roll. He emerged as a competent guitarist and garage rocker with his band, The Kids, once supporting Iggy Pop, a well-known icon of self-abuse.
By the age of 22, Depp had married and divorced make-up artist Lori Ann Allison. Allison played a pivotal6 role in Depp’s success by encouraging him to take up acting and introducing him to the now hugely successful Nicolas Cage. Through Cage, Depp reluctantly accepted his first feature-film role. He played the hunky boyfriend devoured7 by a killer bed in “A Nightmare on Elm Street”.
As Depp became more serious about his acting, more and more movie roles were cast his way. He only took parts that focused on his acting ability rather than his looks. Eventually, Depp gained respect with critically acclaimed performances in movies such as “Edward Scissorhands”, ”What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?”, ”Donnie Brasco”, ”Sleepy Hollow”, and “Chocolat”.
After a roller-coaster ride of failed romances that were well-publicized in the United States, Depp has finally found stability with singer/actress Vanessa Paradis in France. He is currently promoting “From Hell” while experiencing the joys and virtues8 of parenthood.
1. trepidation n. 战栗，惊惶
2. dismemberment n. 肢解
3. morose a. 忧郁的
4. squalor n. 悲惨
5. vandalism n. 蓄意破坏
6. pivotal a. 枢纽的，重要的
7. devour v. 吞吃，吞没
8. virtue n. 美德
十三岁的时候，约翰尼·戴普就开始放肆地抽烟、酗酒、吸毒，还曾因轻微的盗窃罪和蓄意破坏罪而遭到逮捕，也失去了他的童贞。从此，戴普就走上了这条似乎命中注定的路，进入摇滚乐界。他成为“The Kids”乐队中出色的吉他手和“garage”（注）摇滚乐手，该乐队曾替颓废派的知名偶像Iggy Pop做过暖场演出。


Oslo, Norway 15/4-2013
There is much going on now, especially on the film front! :)
Our last project about our film- and sailing expedition from Sweden to the Red sea is getting ready for broadcasting at the Swedish National Television.
I will keep the blog updated with more information about the premiere and broadcasting hours...
As you might remember, I spent some weeks in the Canadian Arctic to film bowhead whales together with Loke Film summer 2012.
This production, "The Arctic Giant", is ready as well, and the film will soon be broadcasted at National Geographic.
A great film I truly recommend! :)
Below you find a short sequence from our last day of shooting in the Arctic waters outside of Igloolik in Northern Canada.
Here, we got stucked in the ice and had to spend all night out on the ice, with the result of missing all our flights back to Europe...
A "making of"-sequence by Loke Film for their film "The Arctic Giant".
More about our new project and upcoming film- and field work soon :)


People, the wait is over, K.G.F. Chapter 2 teaser has been released now. The superhit movie of 2018 Kannada action flicks K.G.F. Chapter 1 is out with its sequel. The excitement was at its peak when the movie’s trailer was released, the director Prashanth Neel decided to amaze their fans with the much-awaited teaser on Yash’s birthday. KGF: Chapter 2 unveiled the teaser of the film, on 8th January 2021, which was over 2-minute-long. The teaser shows impressions of Raveena Tandon and Sanjay Dutt’s several characters in the first half – Yash took over the second half of the teaser. Yash says, “Powerful people make powerful places…powerful.”
Though, the teaser of the KGF chapter 1 sequel begins with the promise that Yash’s Rocky makes to his dying mother – that he won’t die in poverty.
Yash is seen single-handedly taking down an opponent home with the help of a machine gun. K.G.F is written and directed by Prashanth Neel and produced by Vijay Kiragandur. KGF: Chapter 2 could not hit the theatres in October 2020 as scheduled due to the ongoing covid pandemic, which is now slated for release this year. The final date is yet to be announced.
Originally, the teaser was set to release on Friday on the 35th birthday celebration of Yash. However, it is being reported that to avoid any video lead, the makers thought it was wise to drop the teaser hours before its official launch on Hombale Films Youtube channel. The trailer of the KGF Chapter 2 is trending within 34 hours on youtube #1 ON TRENDING with 3.3 million likes and with 34 million views.
The stars shared the trailer posts including the Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt who shared the official trailer post on Instagram with a caption of “The love you all have shown #Adheera till now has been overwhelming. sharing #KGFteaser .-Said by Sanju baba.
KGF star Yash also shared an IGTV video on Instagram with the caption “Teaser releasing on Hombale Youtube channel at 9:29 pm tonight. Please do show us your love and support like always.
Raveena Tandon shared a post on Instagram of the trailer release “one of the most amazing and powerful characters I have ever played on screen. Much obliged to all of you for showering all the affection for Ramika sen.”
KGF Chapter 2 is a multilingual venture and will be released in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi.


Theatre practitioners seek many things in a performance space but the quality valued most is freedom. Freedom (or apparent freedom) to determine the relationship of actor and audience, to decide when and how to introduce the audience to the play, freedom to give character or remove it from the space in which the play will be performed, freedom to rise or appear to rise to a great height, descend to a depth, to be large and epic or small and intimate. Freedom to explore the imagination prompted by the demands of the text.
Elizabethan drama -and particularly Shakespeare- demands a space which allows the audience to complete the images invoked verbally on the stage with their own imagination. Such a space must not, therefore, provide merely the armature for a self-sufficient visual world generated by built settings, which stop the imagination at a predetermined, designed, visual threshold. It must, rather, in itself provide a guide and support to the imagination by retaining a sufficient trace of the ‘real’ world such that imagination has a starting point or launchpad. The space (its walls, form, floor, circulation spaces) must tell a certain story itself, without décor or other accoutrements, but it must leave enough freedom in order for any story to be told in the space. It must strike a careful balance between having its own identity, and putting that identity at the service of Shakespeare’s myriad theatrical worlds.
There should be something that provides a background resistance to any theatrical world projected into it; but the theatre itself should also take on, like a chameleon, the colour and the character of whatever world with which it is suffused. It should be possible to add elements, and also to take them away, and also to use the space as it is in its basic condition, without modification. It should provide an inspiration and an anchoring point for the work of the designer.
There should be no fixed or obvious architectural distinction between the world of the audience and the world of the performers, although the space should allow for this distinction to be made if required. The acoustic of the space must, likewise, be made to function well without amplification in any number of configurations; there should be something just and natural about the sound-ambience of the space in its basic character, as soon as one walks in.
The theatre should provide conditions of physical and mental security, such as to allow the audience to feel free to abandon themselves to the performance. It should aid in the act of public gathering, an increasingly unfamiliar activity today. There should be something that heightens the atmosphere and the attention before any aspect of the spectacle has been expressed. The space should feel special, reserved, protected, but not by using the conventional codes of the theatre (‘special’ materials, rich finishing, things which artificially create the sense of an occasion out of the ordinary).
Someone who has no experience of the theatre should not feel put off by going into it; there will be a mixture of atmospheres both familiar from everyday life, and also slightly separate, slightly heightened. One should not feel completely cut off from the flow of urban and cultural life outside. The theatre should also feel comfortable to work in during the day; the friendly/heightened qualities needed for performance are important too if the space is to be used for rehearsal. The stripped-down character, encouraging economic use of scenic materials, should allow it to be rapidly transformed into a neutral space for preparatory work. Likewise it should be possible to imagine the space accepting other uses: parties, meetings, conferences, ceremonies. It should be a public space in a broader sense of that term than is usually applied for the theatre.


John Grisham’s First Novel A TIME TO KILL Hits Broadway11/08/2013 —PIX11
PIX11 correspondent Lisa Mateo talks to playwright Rupert Holmes about the challenges he faced in bringing the best-selling book to the stage.
In Performance: Patrick Page of A TIME TO KILL11/05/2013 —The New York Times
In the courtroom drama A TIME TO KILL, Patrick Page plays a Mississippi district attorney, prosecuting the case against black man who kills his daughter’s two white attackers. In this scene, he addresses the jury.
Inside the Striking Set Design of Broadway’s A TIME TO KILL10/29/2013 —TDF Stages
In A TIME TO KILL, Tony Award®-winner Rupert Holmes’ adaptation of John Grisham’s lauded debut novel of the same name, the audience sees the case in question from every angle—literally.
Stars Of A TIME TO KILL On Broadway10/23/2013 —CBS New York
Stars of the new Broadway drama, A TIME TO KILL, based on John Grisham's novel about vigilante justice in the deep South. Two of the stars, Patrick Page and Sebastian Arcelus, joined CBS New York on The Couch.
Video Exclusive: It’s a Thrilling Opening Night in the Courtroom for Sebastian Arcelus & the Cast of A TIME TO KILL10/22/2013 —Broadway.com
The stage adaptation of John Grisham’s bestselling novel A TIME TO KILL has officially come to order on Broadway, starring Sebastian Arcelus, Patrick Page, John Douglas Thompson and more. Celebrate opening night with the stars!
Author John Grisham, Patrick Stewart, Brooke Shields and More Toast Broadway's A TIME TO KILL on Opening Night10/21/2013 —TheaterMania
Celebrated novelist John Grisham joined the cast of Broadway's A TIME TO KILL, inspired by his book of the same title, on Opening Night. Following the performance, Grisham and the cast, led by Sebastian Arcelus and John Douglas Thompson, headed to the Bryant Park Grill to toast the new production with a star-filled Opening Night party.
Photo Coverage: A TIME TO KILL Cast Takes First Official Broadway Bow with John Grisham & Rupert Holmes!10/21/2013 —Broadway World
A TIME TO KILL opened last night, October 20, and BroadwayWorld was there throughout the night to celebrate with the cast. Check out photos from the curtain call!
A TIME TO KILL Opens on Broadway: Red Carpet Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party10/21/2013 —Playbill.com
Producers Daryl Roth and Eva Price present the Broadway debut of Tony® winner Rupert Holmes' stage adaptation of A TIME TO KILL, based on John Grisham’s best-selling novel, which officially opened Oct. 20 at the John Golden Theatre.
Taking Matters Into His Own Hands: Sebastian Arcelus on A TIME TO KILL10/21/2013 —Metro New York
Sebastian Arcelus spoke with Metro about A TIME TO KILL’s controversial topics (as handled upstart lawyer Jake Brigance), how the audience becomes the jury and how he personally feels about vigilante justice.
John Grisham: "I Went Door-to-Door to Sell My Books"10/18/2013 —The Today Show
Author John Grisham’s new book, Sycamore Row, is likely to be another best-seller, but he recalls that before he became popular, he went door to door trying to sell copies A TIME TO KILL out of the trunk of his car. Now that book is a Broadway play. NBC’s Jamie Gangel reports.
A Time To Revisit Clanton, Miss., In John Grisham's Latest10/18/2013 —NPR
Rupert Holmes and John Grisham discuss their process in adapting the best-selling novel for the stage.
A TIME TO KILL Comes to Broadway10/16/2013 —Good Day New York
Tonya Pinkins, Sebastian Arcelus and Ashley Williams visited the set of Good Day NY to talk about bringing the best-selling novel to the stage.
Squigs Pens a Courtroom Sketch of A TIME TO KILL10/17/2013 —Broadway.com
Broadway.com resident artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson headed to the Golden Theatre to draw a courtroom sketch of the trial in action, featuring Sebastian Arcelus and Patrick Page embroiled in a heated debate.
Chart the History of John Grisham’s A TIME TO KILL, From Bestselling Novel to Broadway Thriller10/16/2013 —Broadway.com
find out how a real-life story inspired A TIME TO KILL, the celebrated novel, a blockbuster film and now a thrilling drama on the Great White Way.
A TIME TO KILL Stars Address Race, Justice10/11/2013 —USA Today
Cast members talk about how race and justice drive the conversation of A TIME TO KILL, and how audience members bring current issues with them when they see the show.
Real Events Make Play A TIME TO KILL Resonate10/10/2013 —NPR
The people who put socially conscious plays on Broadway usually like to stress how relevant their work is. The folks behind A TIME TO KILL may have more reason than most.
Sebastian Arcelus Goes From House of Cards to A TIME TO KILL10/10/2013 —Backstage
A juicy supporting role on the show that transformed television would be the summit of most actors’ careers. For Sebastian Arcelus, it’s a jumping-off point.
TIME For Broadway10/03/2013 —ABC News
Tom Skerritt talks to ABC News about his Broadway debut in A TIME TO KILL, plus what his costars did that took him by surprise.
Next Act for Master of the Page-Turner: John Grisham’s A TIME TO KILL Comes to Broadway10/03/2013 —The New York Times
A TIME TO KILL was deep into technical rehearsals in late September when John Grisham arrived in New York. The day after his flight landed, he and his wife grabbed a bite before heading to the theater.
A TIME TO KILL Broadway Stars: Grisham’s Tale of Racial Disharmony Resonates in Trayvon Martin Era10/01/2013 —The Wrap
“It makes me shudder, because we’ve come so far in so many ways, but we’re not even close to where we need to be in other ways,” Ashley Williams says.
A TIME TO KILL Set To Take On Broadway09/30/2013 —CBS New York
John Grisham's explosive story of A TIME TO KILL recently began performances on Broadway. Stars Tom Skerritt and Tonya Pinkens join the CBS New York team to discuss bringing the timeless story to the stage.
Court Is In Session! A TIME TO KILL, Starring Sebastian Arcelus, Begins Performances on Broadway09/28/2013 —Broadway.com
A TIME TO KILL on Broadway will now come to order! The new stage adaptation of John Grisham’s bestselling novel begins performances September 28 at the John Golden Theatre.
It's Time for Rupert Holmes, Sebastian Arcelus, Tonya Pinkins and the Cast of A TIME TO KILL to Meet the Press09/17/2013 —Playbill.com
At a September 16 press day, Rupert Holmes and cast members Sebastian Arcelus, Tonya Pinkins, Patrick Page, Tom Skerritt and Ashley Williams chatted with Playbill about the lure and popularity of Grisham's legal dramas and the collective desire to have the play ask questions rather than provide answers.
In the Spotlight: Cast of A TIME TO KILL09/17/2013 —Broadway World
Check out photos from the cast of A TIME TO KILL in action as they perform for the press.
John Grisham's A TIME TO KILL Adapted for Broadway Stage09/17/2013 —Associated Press
Best-selling author John Grisham's first novel, A TIME TO KILL, has been adapted for the stage and is heading for Broadway with an ensemble cast that includes Fred Dalton Thompson of TV's Law and Order and Tom Skerritt, an Emmy Award® winner for Picket Fences.
Your First Look at Sebastian Arcelus and the Handsome Company of Broadway's A TIME TO KILL09/16/2013 —TheaterMania
The cast of Broadway's A TIME TO KILL, led by Sebastian Arcelus and John Douglas Thompson, met the press on Monday, September 16, at The Heath at the McKittrick Hotel. See pictures from the event here!
Tom Skerritt Will Make Broadway Debut in A TIME TO KILL; Casting Complete08/14/2013 —Playbill
Producers Daryl Roth and Eva Price announced Aug. 14 that Emmy-winning TV and film star Tom Skerritt will make his Broadway debut in Tony winner Rupert Holmes' stage adaptation of A Time to Kill, based on John Grisham’s best-selling novel, which will begin previews Sept. 28 at the John Golden Theatre.
A TIME TO KILL Ranked on 25 Greatest Law Novels…Ever!08/01/2013 —ABA Journal
This is Grisham’s first novel and, many critics believe, his best. It is a deceptively complicated, character-driven novel set against a simple act of revenge.
Producers Add to A TIME TO KILL Broadway Cast07/26/2013 —USA Today
Patrick Page, Tonya Pinkins, Chike Johnson, Ashley Williams, Dashiell Eaves, J.R. Horne, John Procaccino, Tijuana Ricks and Lee Sellars will join previously announced Sebastian Arcelus, Fred Dalton Thompson and John Douglas Thompson.
Sebastian Arcelus to Star in Broadway's A TIME TO KILL07/19/2013 —CBS New York
Sebastian Arcelus, Fred Dalton Thompson and John Douglas Thompson will star in the stage adaptation of John Grisham's A TIME TO KILL on Broadway. Performances will begin Sept. 28 at the John Golden Theatre, with opening night set for Oct. 20.
Grisham’s A TIME TO KILL Coming to Broadway06/25/2013 —The New York Times
A stage adaptation of A TIME TO KILL, John Grisham’s legal thriller about a young white lawyer defending a black man for a revenge murder in Mississippi, will open on Broadway in the fall, the first adaptation of a novel by the best-selling Mr. Grisham for the theater.


It might as well be, a figment of my imagination,
The audience will be killed off, when my play is over,
Is there really an audience, if the actor can’t experience it?
You all are there, as long as I am here.
Everything might be designed solely for me,
You exist the way you do, just for me to perceive it.
I know I am alive, as long as I live,
There is nothing else for me to know, when I won’t be me.
Maybe sky is just blue for me, and the blue you see, is my pink.
The real questions of life are not meant to be answered,
It is a beautiful thing, that you will never see what I see.


“On Saturday night for its New Year’s Eve gala, the Met introduced a new production of Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” starring Mr. Grigolo and Ms. Damrau as Shakespeare’s star-crossed adolescent lovers. In scene after scene, these exciting and charismatic artists disappeared into their characters, emboldening each other to sing with white-hot sensuality and impassioned lyricism …
Ms. Damrau showed impressive range in her solo turns. At one point during the Capulet ball in Act I, after Juliette is introduced to Pâris, the young count her father wishes her to wed, she sings the light, waltzing “Je veux vivre” to a group of ogling young courtiers, explaining that she is too young and full of life to settle down. Ms. Damrau dispatched the aria with rosy sound, agile coloratura and girlish glee. But in Act IV, when the good-intentioned friar gives Juliette a potion that will make her appear dead to her family until Roméo can rescue her, Ms. Damrau summoned weighty vocal power and tragic intensity as she agonized over what to do, then forced herself to drink.
Ms. Damrau and Mr. Grigolo were especially inspired during the four duets that form the dramatic crux of Gounod’s opera. During the balcony scene duet (“O nuit divine”), they shifted subtly between passages of tremulous romantic abandon and affecting melodic intimacy.
Though this is Gounod’s finest opera, a more sophisticated score than “Faust,” the music can still seem a little precious and cloying, even during the crucial love duet on the couple’s only night of wedded bliss. But Ms. Damrau and Mr. Grigolo infused it with a winning combination of emotional nakedness and vocal refinement that brought out the subtleties and depths of the music.”
Anthony Tommasini – The New York Times
“With her glowing soprano, easy high notes, and superb acting, Ms. Damrau limned Juliette’s lighting-fast transformation from spirited girl to passionate woman. She was particularly moving in the steadfast sincerity and heartbreak of the bedroom scene, and her terror and determination in the poison aria were electrifying … when the two were together [Damrau and Grigolo], you believed completely in their union. Beautifully matched in the duets, they were a couple even when they were not singing: as when they held each other, kneeling, as Frère Laurent married them.”
Heidi Waleson – The Wall Street Journal
“… the protagonists, Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau, were poignant. Although he happens to be Italian and she German, both savoured and projected the essentially introspective French style, even in a house that accommodates 4,000 …
Still, when all is sung, sighed, roared, sobbed and mimed, this challenge must rise or fall with the artists portraying the young lovers. The star-crossed duo on duty here made the most of their dauntingly busy opportunities … Damrau traced the heroine’s emotional state exquisitely from girlish giddiness to tragic sacrifice, and sang with delicately shaded suavity. The two, moreover, demonstrated increasingly rapturous rapport.”
Martin Bernheimer – Financial Times
“The star-crossed lovers were sung by Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo who arrived at the Metropolitan Opera like intergalactic comets! Surpassing stardom, these two carried us into the New Year sizzling with a fervor rarely seen at the Metropolitan Opera. Sparks flew between the two in their first duet, Ange adorable… Their embers grew into a flame that intensified with every meeting.
Diana Damrau stepped into the shoes of the young Juliette for the first time. Her role debut brought an earnestness of character first apparent in her joyful aria, Je veux vivre! Her voice moved with ease through the scalar ornaments and her acting was fresh, soft and endearing – never forced. Damrau’s Poison aria was equally dazzling but with a maturity that carried the weight of the decision she had yet to make. Hope of seeing her exiled lover gave her the courage to plunge herself into the uncertain slumber.”
Nicholas Wiggins – Opera World
“The two singers offered performances of complementary excellence … The more cerebral Damrau conceived her Juliette in more sophisticated terms, her silvery voice darting and swooping like a startled butterfly. Nost notable were her pianissimo effects, aptly representing the teenaged heroine’s innocence and sweetness … she was always in motion. During her first act waltz song, the fluttering of her pale gold gown and long blonde hair would have done honor to any Disney princess.”
James Jorden – Observer
“Damrau was superb, as effective in the enchanting “Je veux vivre” (I want to live) when she first appears to the tragic final scene.”
Barry Bassis – The Epoch Times
Image: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera


Welcome back to the Disc! This is my first time discussing a movie on my blog and it seems fitting for me to literally bring you to the actual Discworld.
As many of you may know, I attended Worldcon in Dublin this year, had the best time and honestly I’ve been waiting to finally write this post. One of my main highlights of the entire week was the premiere of ‘Troll Bridge’, a film directed by Daniel Knight and Snowgum films that adapts the Discworld short story of the same name into a short film. I’m sorry what? How did I not know about this already? I fucking ran to the screening. I swear.
‘Troll Bridge'(based on the short story of the same name) follows Discworld hero, Cohen the Barbarian. He is now 87 and he is angry. Angry he hasn’t died in battle yet. Angry that he can’t pee like he used to. Angry that his horse can talk. Now as a final act of bravery as his father advised him when he was young, he’s heading to a bridge and he’s gonna kill it’s Troll.
Honestly, I was on the edge of crying watching this. Everything about this is wonderful and crafted so perfectly. The make up, the acting, the special effects. The trolls, oh my god the trolls! It’s honestly a flawless adaptation. The casting of Don Bridges as Cohen is wonderful, I never could put a voice to Cohen while reading ‘The Light Fantastic’ but now I can hear Bridges’ voice screaming in my head ‘HIT ME YOU BASTARD!’
‘Troll Bridge’ is an example of why book adaptations of beloved series need to be placed in the right hands. It not only comes down to production and acting but the rewriting of the story and putting it to a visual medium can’t be done right unless those making it give an honest shit about the material. Daniel Knight cares about this story very deeply. It’s very easy to see that this entire work is one big passion project. Snowgum films have spent over 9 years trying to make this the most ambitious short film ever made and they have indeed succeeded.
The film is currently travelling a festival circuit, screenings and any other information can be found here, including info about the delicious pre order (I may have pledged) for the Blu Ray. Please check them out, also please read Discworld books so more of these lovely films can be made. Terry Pratchett would be proud.