I love creme liner because I have lash extensions and sometimes the liquid liner can get into the lashes. It’s also easier to guide. I can create straighter lines with it.
When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino!
The beauty of having short hair is that I actually can wash and style it at home!
Make sure your desire to do what you’re aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.
Shares a name with Peyton List. She is registered with the Screen Actors Guild as Peyton Elizabeth List but was acting as Peyton List before the other actress began her career therefore she did not use the “Elizabeth”.
You go to the cinema and you realize you’re watching the third act. There is no first or second act. There is this massive film-making where you spend this incredible amount of money and play right to the demographic. You can tell how much money the film is going to make by how it does on the first weekend. The whole culture is in the crap house. It’s not just true in the movies, it’s also true in the theater.
I got into acting so that I could meet girls. Pretty girls came later. First, I wanted to start off with someone with two legs, who’d smile at me and look soft.
We all believe what we read. I read how Tom Cruise and I were two big egos holding up shooting. I know that isn’t true – but if I wasn’t making a movie with him and I just picked up the paper, I’d believe it. That’s interesting, isn’t it?
Juan, an oriental cook in a fast food restaurant in Puerto Rico, tries to make a gourmet dish, to convince his nebulous boss to release him and thus set up a fine restaurant, while Hiu Yan, his co-worker and arts expert supposedly tries to avoid it.
Directed by Javier Santiago
Cast: Shuming Lu Cen, Jimmy K Fung Yeev, Kathy Garcia
Dedicated to the Children of Ukraine, victims of the brutal Russian invasion… Let everyone ask themselves and the leaders of their countries: what else has to happen, what arguments are needed that Ukraine is finally given the necessary military aid for Victory?
Director Biography – Alexander Sparinsky 8afa56d2ec headshot Composer, Musicologist, Producer, the author of music of more than 55 shows, performances, festivities, entertainment programmes, musicals, 37 films (incl. animation), more than 150 songs (for children; choral, pop, rock, folk, etc), 196 instrumental pieces, author of a lot of articles and documentaries devoted to music, musicians and culture. Producer of a range of the Best Ukrainian acts, shows, and artists.
Director Statement People who have been staying in Kyiv and are not going anywhere, they are called people-roots lighthouse people, anchor people. We support our city, and the city supports us. We are his heart and his soul. Kyiv reciprocates us. We will simply die without him, and we will die without us. Someone said that art helps us to live in the hours of peace, and in the hours of war – to survive. So, without looking at the explosions and air raid sirens, we create music and movies; write scripts and pictures, and visit theaters, cafes and museums. We must help everyone we can. We live. We are all needed. Everyone is in their place. There are no extras people. Just find a place for yourself and it will be easier for you. The author of this project, being in Ukraine from the first day of the brutal invasion, like many other people of art, each in our own way, we continue to participate in the social and creative life of the country, trying, to the extent of our own strength and capabilities, to be useful in achieving great the goal is to defeat the invader.
Ten years in the making, “Cookies 4 Jane” recounts the final chapters of the life of a beloved matriarch, Jane, as she battles Alzheimer’s Disease. Filmed, edited, and directed by Jane’s granddaughter, Mary, this intimate documentary condenses four years of raw footage into an hour-long, heart-rending, inspirational, and delightfully educational piece.
Narrated from a unique, second-person perspective, Mary’s vision is clear; “If you can’t remember, I’ll remember for you.” With first hand accounts from Jane’s family, friends, and caregivers, the viewer becomes immersed in the challenges of managing even the most basic of daily routines while living with this progressive and ultimately fatal disease.
While we have yet to find a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease, there is hope on the horizon. Every day we continue to gain knowledge and make scientific advances that lead us one step closer to finding a cure. In the meantime, take one last trip with Jane, and witness directly what the power of love, determination, and lots of cookies can achieve in the hands of a family united for a single cause.
Director Biography – Mary Ell
As a nursing student, I am very passionate about the world of film and its visual ability to reflect the challenges that life presents. My love for visual and narrative storytelling allows me to visually record life as I see it through my eyes and soul.
During the Covid-19 lockdown, “Stigma” explores the emotional impact on Bochra, a young woman living alone in France. Through webcam exchanges with her parents in Tunisia, Bochra struggles with painful memories and a dark past. Confronted with solitude in her Parisian apartment, she faces shadows of her past, gradually revealing a deeply buried trauma. The film delves into themes of resilience, the importance of family bonds, and the quest for self in an isolated world, leading to a poignant revelation.
The short film STIGMA is a powerful narrative that delves into many themes through the use of symbolism and character exploration. It seems to have an element of ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS twist as the story depicts the desperation of parents to save their daughter through a video call when they can’t physically get to her location.
The story is heart wrenching from the first moment when Bochra’s father appears on screen. The filmmaker makes the audience think the film is a science fiction world with the outstanding special effects and makeup design, though quickly makes it clear that this is a dream world of the girl’s father. A symbol of the man feeling powerless and silenced as he can’t save his child from drowning in her own world. He and her mother are desperate to save their daughter from her pain, wanting her to look at them as they literally watch the life drain out of her. Their screams penetrate through the screen and it’s only their love that echoes into Bochra’s drug induced hallucinations.
As life begins to drain from the young girl, it begins to get hard to tell what is real and what is fake for her. It gives a Wonderland vibe as Bochra begins to go between the world of the living and the dead. She sees everyone she’s ever loved and everyone who has ever hurt her outside of a train. The story makes the character come to a powerful choice, where it is up to her to decide if she wants to continue to live or if she wants to die.
The biggest question that remains is if the entire film was a hallucination for Bochra as she has a picture frame of a cemetery. It leaves the question open to if she really was talking to her parents on the video call or if she got off the train to join them in heaven. The film shows both realities, her parents crying through the video call and Bochra getting off the train to meet them in the clouds. This leaves it up to the audience to determine what really happened to the fate of this young woman.
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