The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place May 17th through the 28th this year on the Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes, France. Pedro Almodóvar was the head judge along with four male and four female judges that included Jessica Chastain, Will Smith, Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, Paolo Sorrentino, Park Chan-wook, Agnès Jaoui, Maren Ade and…
The 2017 Tribeca Film Festival doesn’t end until April 30th so there’s still a few days left to view cinema’s latest and greatest! In case you missed out on the first part of the fest, we've got the highlights - from feminist debates to publicity pranks. Opening night on Wednesday the 19th went off with a…
We are living in a time dominated with products that strip a woman of her natural essence and replace it with a glossier, refurbished, and conformed version that only perpetuates the cycle of self-hate and competition that takes away from women's potential. These products range from cosmetics to social media filters and photoshop. The idea of a…
The snow and sleet on March 6th couldn't keep the crowds away from the sold-out 25th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The show was led by some of music’s most trailblazing women including Debbie Harry, Patti Smith and Laurie Anderson and was punctuated by a surprise appearance by Miley Cyrus that had the audience overflowing into the aisles. This…
There comes a point in every budding director’s career, usually a few movies in, where the circumstances align to allow for a breakthrough. The backing is there, the level of control is reasonable. The director is young and hungry and vibrant, wholly convinced that he or she has got something to prove. The script is…
The 64th Cannes Film Festival, which took place May 11-22, is being called one of the best in recent years, with a stellar selection of judges presided by the one and only Robert De Niro (who once said he would never return to France), the jury included actors Jude Law and Uma Thurman. Everyone was talking about the strength of…
