Exclusive: Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has acquired the rights to Shamim Sarif’s all-female Ya thriller novel The Athena Protocol to develop as a television series.
Described as Bourne Identity meets Karen McManus, The Athena Protocol follows a young woman who is part of a secret, privately-run all-female international vigilante group. When she breaks protocol and assassinates one of their targets, she’s ousted from the organization and goes rogue in order to investigate a sex trafficking ring.
The book, published October 8 by HarperCollins, was released as the first book in a Young Adult series.
Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter and director for film and TV. Her novels Despite the Falling Snow, I Can’t Think Straight and The World Unseen were all turned into feature films, written and directed by Sarif. Her television directing credits include an episode of Murdoch Mysteries. Sarif is repped by Synchronicity Management and attorney Jeffrey Finkelstein of Del,...
Described as Bourne Identity meets Karen McManus, The Athena Protocol follows a young woman who is part of a secret, privately-run all-female international vigilante group. When she breaks protocol and assassinates one of their targets, she’s ousted from the organization and goes rogue in order to investigate a sex trafficking ring.
The book, published October 8 by HarperCollins, was released as the first book in a Young Adult series.
Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter and director for film and TV. Her novels Despite the Falling Snow, I Can’t Think Straight and The World Unseen were all turned into feature films, written and directed by Sarif. Her television directing credits include an episode of Murdoch Mysteries. Sarif is repped by Synchronicity Management and attorney Jeffrey Finkelstein of Del,...
- 12/17/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Homeland Security officer Dinah Madani on The Punisher is played by Amber Rose Revah — but where have you seen her before? The British actor has been working very hard of late, racking up the roles in a great many British and Us-based television shows. She first got recognized for her role in the Lbgt cult film I Can’t Think Straight and impressed so much that the film’s director Shamim Sarif used her again in The World Unseen, which was shot in Cape Town. After this, she scored a role alongside Rachel Weisz in the independent film Agora. On television, Revah...read more...
- 11/18/2017
- by Ian Cullen
- Monsters and Critics
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Rebecca Ferguson stars in Despite The Falling Snow, and she's the best thing about the movie...
The main draw of Despite The Falling Snow is a dual performance by Rebecca Ferguson, who shot this in between her Emmy-nominated work on The White Queen and her memorable breakthrough role in last year's Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. Adapted by writer-director Sharim Sharif from her own novel, this romantic thriller casts Ferguson as two women separated by time but connected by blood and a sequence of events that occurred in Moscow at the height of the Cold War.
In 1992, an American artist called Lauren (Ferguson) is curious as to why her weary uncle Sacha (Charles Dance) is so cagey about their family's history and the circumstances of his defection from Russia thirty years prior. In particular, she's beguiled by her aunt Katya (also Ferguson), of whom she is the spitting image.
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Rebecca Ferguson stars in Despite The Falling Snow, and she's the best thing about the movie...
The main draw of Despite The Falling Snow is a dual performance by Rebecca Ferguson, who shot this in between her Emmy-nominated work on The White Queen and her memorable breakthrough role in last year's Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. Adapted by writer-director Sharim Sharif from her own novel, this romantic thriller casts Ferguson as two women separated by time but connected by blood and a sequence of events that occurred in Moscow at the height of the Cold War.
In 1992, an American artist called Lauren (Ferguson) is curious as to why her weary uncle Sacha (Charles Dance) is so cagey about their family's history and the circumstances of his defection from Russia thirty years prior. In particular, she's beguiled by her aunt Katya (also Ferguson), of whom she is the spitting image.
- 4/18/2016
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Romance-thriller Despite The Falling Snow, also starring Charles Dance and Sam Reid, moves from 6 Sales to Parkland Pictures.
UK sales outfit Parkland Pictures has taken on sales of Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation) thriller Despite The Falling Snow from 6 Sales.
The completed Cold War-set romance-thriller follows a female spy who steals secrets from an idealistic politician but then falls in love with him with tragic consequences.
Burgeoning star Ferguson, who also stars in upcoming buzz titles Florence Foster Jenkins, The Girl On The Train and The Snowman, plays alongside Games Of Thrones star Charles Dance and The Riot Club and Belle actor Sam Reid.
The film is the third feature from producer Hanan Kattan and writer-director Shamim Sarif’s Enlightenment Productions (I Can’t Think Straight, The World Unseen) and is adapted from Sarif’s novel of the same name.
The score comes from Oscar-winner Rachel Portman (Emma) while DoP is Resident Evil cinematographer [link=nm...
UK sales outfit Parkland Pictures has taken on sales of Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation) thriller Despite The Falling Snow from 6 Sales.
The completed Cold War-set romance-thriller follows a female spy who steals secrets from an idealistic politician but then falls in love with him with tragic consequences.
Burgeoning star Ferguson, who also stars in upcoming buzz titles Florence Foster Jenkins, The Girl On The Train and The Snowman, plays alongside Games Of Thrones star Charles Dance and The Riot Club and Belle actor Sam Reid.
The film is the third feature from producer Hanan Kattan and writer-director Shamim Sarif’s Enlightenment Productions (I Can’t Think Straight, The World Unseen) and is adapted from Sarif’s novel of the same name.
The score comes from Oscar-winner Rachel Portman (Emma) while DoP is Resident Evil cinematographer [link=nm...
- 4/12/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Won’t someone save cable news? It’s not just that ratings are down across the board for the Big Three 24-hour networks — although 2013 was unquestionably a bad year for everyone. Far more damaging, I think, is the fact that cable news as an aesthetic — as a compelling method for exploring the important topics of our modern era — has entered what feels like a late-decadent period. The typical news anchor on CNN or MSNBC or Fox News floats across a set built out of touchscreen walls and occasional chat-friendly desks: It’s like all of cable news takes place in...
- 2/24/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Life's certainly a beach for Sheetal Sheth. Stunning in a custom Jorge Vega Umana dress, the actress wed longtime love Neil Mody, the CEO of nRelate, on an island in Mexico. The newlyweds exchanged vows Saturday in the sand at sunset, the highlight of a three-day affair many, many days in the making. "Neil and I met when we were 18 years old and studying at Nyu together," Sheth, 37, whose movie credits include I Can't Think Straight (2008), The World Unseen (2007) and Three Veils (2011), tells People. "He is my first and truest love. Despite experiencing many years of ups and downs, the stars aligned,...
- 11/24/2013
- by Julie Dam and Alison Schwartz
- PEOPLE.com
Tags: Mila KunisHer HRCRooney MaraSheetal ShethTegan and SaraFergieDIana NyadIMDb
Good afternoon my lovelies!
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is Interview magazine’s March covergirl.
Rumor has it Mila Kunis might star in the film adaption of 50 Shades of Grey. Um, yes please.
Music mogul Clive Davis has come out as bisexual. In Davis’s memoir The Sound Track of My Life he reveals that he had two serious relationships with men, although no names were mentioned. While promoting his memoir Davis sat down with ABC News and declared that bisexuality does exist. (You’re preaching to the choir, Clive.)
It is estimated that Lady Gaga’s canceled tour is costing $25 million in refunded tickets. Ouch! On a side note, Gaga showed off her latest accessory on Twitter; her wheelchair named Emma.
This is Emma. twitter.com/ladygaga/statu…
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) February 16, 2013
Tonight money guru Suze Orman...
Good afternoon my lovelies!
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is Interview magazine’s March covergirl.
Rumor has it Mila Kunis might star in the film adaption of 50 Shades of Grey. Um, yes please.
Music mogul Clive Davis has come out as bisexual. In Davis’s memoir The Sound Track of My Life he reveals that he had two serious relationships with men, although no names were mentioned. While promoting his memoir Davis sat down with ABC News and declared that bisexuality does exist. (You’re preaching to the choir, Clive.)
It is estimated that Lady Gaga’s canceled tour is costing $25 million in refunded tickets. Ouch! On a side note, Gaga showed off her latest accessory on Twitter; her wheelchair named Emma.
This is Emma. twitter.com/ladygaga/statu…
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) February 16, 2013
Tonight money guru Suze Orman...
- 2/19/2013
- by Bridget McManus
- AfterEllen.com
If there’s a theme to 2011’s crop of films featuring lesbian/bi women, it’s that this was a very good year for emerging voices. First time and younger filmmakers made a mark in huge ways this year, providing everything from spellbinding documentaries (No Look Pass), heart-wrenching drama (Pariah, Break My Fall, Circumstance), and fresh comedy (Jamie and Jessie are Not Together, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same). Pair that with the quality coming from established filmmakers like Celine Sciamma (Tomboy), and you have a year marked by the presence of strong, unique voices.
Hard Hitters
Nowhere is that strength of vision more prominent than in the year’s dramas. Well-meaning (but tired) melodramas were drowned out by clear-eyed, nuanced filmmaking, most evident in Pariah, the story of a young African-American woman struggling with her identity, and Circumstance, which features the romance between two teenaged girls in Iran.
As AfterEllen.
Hard Hitters
Nowhere is that strength of vision more prominent than in the year’s dramas. Well-meaning (but tired) melodramas were drowned out by clear-eyed, nuanced filmmaking, most evident in Pariah, the story of a young African-American woman struggling with her identity, and Circumstance, which features the romance between two teenaged girls in Iran.
As AfterEllen.
- 12/27/2011
- by Danielle Riendeau
- AfterEllen.com
Three Veils offers a poignant, dramatic tale of three young Middle-Eastern American women and their colliding lives. Occasionally, the film paints its settings and characters with a rather broad brush, and the script contains uneven moments, but it’s an earnest, entertaining and heartfelt production.
Leila (Mercedes Masöhn) is the pretty, stable “girl next door.” We begin with her staring into a mirror, her voiceover explaining that she’s just gotten engaged (by way of arranged marriage) and all she can think about is her wedding night – specifically her first time with husband-to-be Ali. We watch her prepare for the wedding, host a swinging engagement party and begin to go on awkward dates with Ali, the most aggressively awful kisser of all time.
She relates her adventures in make out purgatory to Nikki (Sheetal Sheth), her free-spirited best friend (and the second of our leading ladies). Slinky, sexy, and perpetually guzzling booze,...
Leila (Mercedes Masöhn) is the pretty, stable “girl next door.” We begin with her staring into a mirror, her voiceover explaining that she’s just gotten engaged (by way of arranged marriage) and all she can think about is her wedding night – specifically her first time with husband-to-be Ali. We watch her prepare for the wedding, host a swinging engagement party and begin to go on awkward dates with Ali, the most aggressively awful kisser of all time.
She relates her adventures in make out purgatory to Nikki (Sheetal Sheth), her free-spirited best friend (and the second of our leading ladies). Slinky, sexy, and perpetually guzzling booze,...
- 4/22/2011
- by Danielle Riendeau
- AfterEllen.com
As the writer and director of Three Veils, a few common questions I get about the film are “Is this movie based on a true story?” or “How was it working with the lovely and (insert your favorite saucy term) Sheetal Sheth?” However, the first question I inevitably get is “Excuse me, are you crazy?”
I suppose one must be crazy to attempt to make a film in this day and age about young Arab women — who are Muslim — who go through controversial subject matters such as arranged marriage, forbidden love. And for creating one of the first narrative films to ever feature the struggles of an Arab, Muslim Lesbian.
When I first started writing the script, I admit I was anxious. I didn’t want to offend any particular group, or make unwelcome enemies, especially of the threatening kind. Of course, that goal proved to be mostly hopeless as...
I suppose one must be crazy to attempt to make a film in this day and age about young Arab women — who are Muslim — who go through controversial subject matters such as arranged marriage, forbidden love. And for creating one of the first narrative films to ever feature the struggles of an Arab, Muslim Lesbian.
When I first started writing the script, I admit I was anxious. I didn’t want to offend any particular group, or make unwelcome enemies, especially of the threatening kind. Of course, that goal proved to be mostly hopeless as...
- 4/8/2011
- by Rolla Selbak
- AfterEllen.com
Actress Sheetal Sheth is no stranger to controversy. She made her debut in the film Abcd , playing a promiscuous young woman struggling with the ties of family and tradition. It garnered a lot of attention from press and audiences , both positive and negative. The Indian American beauty held her own against Albert Brooks in Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, she fell in love with actress Lisa Ray in Shamim Sarif's beloved films The World Unseen and I Can't Think Straight. She also bested me during a pillow fight on my Logo show Brunch with Bridget. (I totally let her win!)
Sheth is dealing with controversy once again with her latest film, Three Veils. The films follows three Middle Eastern women and who deal with abuse, rape and struggles with their sexuality. The script was originally boycotted but was saved thanks to the efforts of the film's director and producer.
Sheth is dealing with controversy once again with her latest film, Three Veils. The films follows three Middle Eastern women and who deal with abuse, rape and struggles with their sexuality. The script was originally boycotted but was saved thanks to the efforts of the film's director and producer.
- 3/31/2011
- by Bridget McManus
- AfterEllen.com
Living in South Africa in the mid-1900s must have been confusing. Everybody was discriminating against everyone. I know, it's not like this is a news flash. But for anyone not completely familiar with all the damn rules in that era, be prepared to do some homework if you want to understand fully what's going on in The World Unseen. There are the whites who don't want blacks and whites mixing, but then throw in mixed races, and those whose bloodline is from another country, like India, then those mixed races have prejudice against other mixed races, but are also discriminated against by whites; then throw in homophobia into the equation and holy cow this is a lot. A little background info would have been useful, especially since this movie dips its hand into every variation of these prejudices and laws.
Miriam is an unhappy housewife whose life seems unfulfilled.
Miriam is an unhappy housewife whose life seems unfulfilled.
- 6/3/2010
- by Ryan Katona
- JustPressPlay.net
According to the Hindustan Times, Indian-American Namrata Singh Gujral is currently producing, directing, and co-starring in 1 a Minute, a docu-drama on cancer, while she undergoes “radical cancer treatments” for invasive breast cancer. The 33-year-old actress, best known for her roles in Warner Bros’ Americanizing Shelley and Bollywood’s Kaante, hopes to spread global awareness about cancer, with a focus on global breast cancer.
Joining Gujral as co-stars in the project are fellow cancer survivors and activists Lisa Ray (who was recently diagnosed with cancer) and plays a lesbian in The World Unseen and I Can’t Think Straight), Melissa Etheridge, Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Diahann Carroll, Morgan Brittany and Bollywood actresses Priya Dutt and Mumtaz.
Billy and Danny Baldwin, both of whose lives have been affected by cancer, also appear in the film. Out lesbian Kelly McGillis will narrate the docu-drama, which is expected to release globally in 2010.
Though Gujral...
Joining Gujral as co-stars in the project are fellow cancer survivors and activists Lisa Ray (who was recently diagnosed with cancer) and plays a lesbian in The World Unseen and I Can’t Think Straight), Melissa Etheridge, Olivia Newton-John, Jaclyn Smith, Diahann Carroll, Morgan Brittany and Bollywood actresses Priya Dutt and Mumtaz.
Billy and Danny Baldwin, both of whose lives have been affected by cancer, also appear in the film. Out lesbian Kelly McGillis will narrate the docu-drama, which is expected to release globally in 2010.
Though Gujral...
- 11/30/2009
- by drummerdeeds
- AfterEllen.com
Shamim Sarif is perhaps one of the most honest Desi filmmakers. Taking from her own experiences and situations she has encountered, the writer-director went on to make one of the most coveted films based on her own written novels "I Can't Think Straight" and "The World Unseen". Interestingly both films feature a similar theme set in different times. While I Can't Think Straight talks about a lesbian couple in today's world who deals with society and a cultural divide while The World Unseen deals with a comparable situation however set in 1950 South Africa. However whether its I Can't Think Straight or The World Unseen, individually the scripts talk about women who need to break boundaries as they deal with a taboo subject in homophobic societies. The festival circuit has taken quite a liking to both films which independently won much acclaim and awards and is now gearing up for release in India.
- 9/29/2009
- Bollyspice
Sheetal Sheth was first seen in the extremely award winning film Abcd - which also aided the Indian-American genre of films. After gaining immense popularity with the film, she went on to become a part of a handful of critically acclaimed movies which the depicted the lives of Indians abroad. More recently she has went out on a real limb and teamed up with Lisa Ray in the lesbian romantic film, I Can't Think Straight directed by writer turned director Shamim Sarif. After creating mass frenzy amongst the gay and lesbian community all over the world, the film is finally coming to India. However, the team of the film was met by a rigid Indian Censor Board who claimed too many scenes in the film were unacceptable only to cut some of the love scenes between the women. BollySpice talks to the actress about her journey through I Can't Think Straight and The World Unseen,...
- 9/29/2009
- Bollyspice
I Can't Think Straight
Tala (Lisa Ray), a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian origin prepares for an elaborate wedding with her Jordanian fiancé, when she encounters Leyla (Sheetal Sheth), a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend Ali. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other but the attraction is immediate. Tala's feisty nature provokes Leyla out of her shell and soon both women reveal their feelings for each other. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made and escapes back to Jordan where her chain-smoking high-brow mother finishes preparations for an ostentatious wedding. As family members descend and the wedding day approaches, simmering family tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself. Meanwhile heartbroken Leyla relishes her newly found sense of identity and self-respect...
Tala (Lisa Ray), a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian origin prepares for an elaborate wedding with her Jordanian fiancé, when she encounters Leyla (Sheetal Sheth), a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend Ali. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other but the attraction is immediate. Tala's feisty nature provokes Leyla out of her shell and soon both women reveal their feelings for each other. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made and escapes back to Jordan where her chain-smoking high-brow mother finishes preparations for an ostentatious wedding. As family members descend and the wedding day approaches, simmering family tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself. Meanwhile heartbroken Leyla relishes her newly found sense of identity and self-respect...
- 9/19/2009
- Bollyspice
Canadian actress Lisa Ray, star of The World Unseen, I Can't Think Straight, began blogging this week about her diagnosis with Multiple Myeloma, a rare and incurable cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow.
Lisa Ray
At first, she wasn't sure if she would go public with the news. She wrote on her blog:
I asked around if I should speak openly about getting diagnosed recently with Multiple Myeloma. Some advised me to keep my "‘condition"’ a secret as it could negatively affect my career. Buh? I’m plumper, redder, more energetic and wily than ever before- Kiss me like I’ve been kidnapped!
Ultimately, she decided to share her story in hopes of raising awareness about (and hopefully funding for) the disease. Ray was diagnosed on June 23, and started her first cycle of treatment for the disease on July 2. She recently wrote:
For me, it was a relief to hear what was wrong.
Lisa Ray
At first, she wasn't sure if she would go public with the news. She wrote on her blog:
I asked around if I should speak openly about getting diagnosed recently with Multiple Myeloma. Some advised me to keep my "‘condition"’ a secret as it could negatively affect my career. Buh? I’m plumper, redder, more energetic and wily than ever before- Kiss me like I’ve been kidnapped!
Ultimately, she decided to share her story in hopes of raising awareness about (and hopefully funding for) the disease. Ray was diagnosed on June 23, and started her first cycle of treatment for the disease on July 2. She recently wrote:
For me, it was a relief to hear what was wrong.
- 9/9/2009
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
Want to know the status of a particular movie, TV show, or band? Wondering what a certain actress is up to these days? Send your entertainment-related questions to askafterellen@gmail.com — with your first name, city and country — and we'll try to answer as many as we can.
Question: I heard that I Can't Think Straight is going to be a TV show. Is it true?
― Lesley M.
Sheetal Sheth and Lisa Ray in I Can't Think Straight
Answer: I reached out to Aida Kattan, the head of the Los Angeles office of writer-director Shamim Sarif's Enlightenment Films, and she confirmed that I Can't Think Straight, the series, is indeed in development by Sarif and her wife and co-producer Hanan Kattan.
According to Aida, Sarif is currently writing a pilot and series arc, and she's aiming for a North American network/broadcaster. If it gets developed by a network,...
Question: I heard that I Can't Think Straight is going to be a TV show. Is it true?
― Lesley M.
Sheetal Sheth and Lisa Ray in I Can't Think Straight
Answer: I reached out to Aida Kattan, the head of the Los Angeles office of writer-director Shamim Sarif's Enlightenment Films, and she confirmed that I Can't Think Straight, the series, is indeed in development by Sarif and her wife and co-producer Hanan Kattan.
According to Aida, Sarif is currently writing a pilot and series arc, and she's aiming for a North American network/broadcaster. If it gets developed by a network,...
- 8/4/2009
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
This week Bridget welcomes to Brunch the star of The World Unseen and I Can't Think Straight, Sheetal Sheth.
Sheth discusses her work with writer-director Shamim Sarif, her love of General Hospital, and her own daredevil tendencies.
Watch Brunch with Sheetal below in three segments.
Brunch with Sheetal Sheth (Part 1 of 3)
(Brunch With Bridget, Episode 70)
Brunch with Sheetal Sheth (Part 2 of 3)
Brunch with Sheetal Sheth (Part 3 of 3)
Watch new episodes of Brunch With Bridget Friday nights at 2 a.m. on Logo, and watch previous episodes of Brunch here.
Sheth discusses her work with writer-director Shamim Sarif, her love of General Hospital, and her own daredevil tendencies.
Watch Brunch with Sheetal below in three segments.
Brunch with Sheetal Sheth (Part 1 of 3)
(Brunch With Bridget, Episode 70)
Brunch with Sheetal Sheth (Part 2 of 3)
Brunch with Sheetal Sheth (Part 3 of 3)
Watch new episodes of Brunch With Bridget Friday nights at 2 a.m. on Logo, and watch previous episodes of Brunch here.
- 7/27/2009
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
The Telegraph is reporting that Sienna Miller may star in out writer/director Shamim Sarif's new film, Dreaming Spires. Sarif told the paper that she "would love" the blonde British actress to play the lead role in the movie, which is based on one of Sarif's short story and is set to start filming next year.
"We need an English rose type," Sarif said. "I would love if Sienna could play the role of the professor. That would be fantasic."
The role is admittedly a pretty good one: A professor at Oxford University who is blinded in World War II. The Telegraph makes note that Miller is "being handed an unlikely opportunity to prove her credentials" by the possibility of playing such a part, which will be a far cry from the glammed-out role as Edie Sedgwick in Factory Girl and Dylan Thomas' wife in The Edge of Love.
"We need an English rose type," Sarif said. "I would love if Sienna could play the role of the professor. That would be fantasic."
The role is admittedly a pretty good one: A professor at Oxford University who is blinded in World War II. The Telegraph makes note that Miller is "being handed an unlikely opportunity to prove her credentials" by the possibility of playing such a part, which will be a far cry from the glammed-out role as Edie Sedgwick in Factory Girl and Dylan Thomas' wife in The Edge of Love.
- 5/20/2009
- by jamie murnane
- AfterEllen.com
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26 Films licensed "Keep It Together" to Splendid for German speaking territories.
Absurda - A David Lynch Company has licensed "My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done?" to Kinowelt for German speaking territories. Unified has U.S. and Ws has Canada.
Alliance licensed its entire library to Talat Captaan for the Middle East including Iran. It will serve as the basis for Captaan's reentering the sales business.
American World Pictures licensed "Parasomnia" to KMY Films for Cambodia.
Bavaria’s "Van Dieman’s Land" went to U.K. (High Fliers). "Bad Day To Go Fishing" went to Greece (Pcv). "Everyone Else" aka "Alle Anderen" went to Cis (Russian Report). "Let The Right One In" went to Turkey(Bir), Hong Kong (Edko), Colombia (Cinecolombia). "Troubled Water" went to Taiwan (Khan).
Beta licensed "North Face" to Music Box Films for U.S.
26 Films licensed "Keep It Together" to Splendid for German speaking territories.
Absurda - A David Lynch Company has licensed "My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done?" to Kinowelt for German speaking territories. Unified has U.S. and Ws has Canada.
Alliance licensed its entire library to Talat Captaan for the Middle East including Iran. It will serve as the basis for Captaan's reentering the sales business.
American World Pictures licensed "Parasomnia" to KMY Films for Cambodia.
Bavaria’s "Van Dieman’s Land" went to U.K. (High Fliers). "Bad Day To Go Fishing" went to Greece (Pcv). "Everyone Else" aka "Alle Anderen" went to Cis (Russian Report). "Let The Right One In" went to Turkey(Bir), Hong Kong (Edko), Colombia (Cinecolombia). "Troubled Water" went to Taiwan (Khan).
Beta licensed "North Face" to Music Box Films for U.S.
- 5/16/2009
- by sydneyjlevine@gmail.com (Sydney)
- Sydney's Buzz
This article was co-written by Sarah Warn, Editor in Chief of AfterEllen.com, and Michael Jensen, Editor in Chief of AfterElton.com.
Bisexual surgeon Callie sleeps with a male friend and her girlfriend on the same day on Grey's Anatomy (ABC), and House, M.D. (Fox) promotes a racy lesbian sex scene for October sweeps (the only time the bisexual character is ever actually involved with women on the show).
Fox's new animated show Sit Down, Shut Up includes a "flamboyant" bisexual male drama teacher who is obsessed with sex, and Comedy Central's new series Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire features a gay guy eager to have sex with 300 men in a row. Saturday Night Live regularly falls back on gay panic humor — and (usually) not in a good way.
One of the biggest pop songs of the last year is about a girl who kissed a girl and liked it,...
Bisexual surgeon Callie sleeps with a male friend and her girlfriend on the same day on Grey's Anatomy (ABC), and House, M.D. (Fox) promotes a racy lesbian sex scene for October sweeps (the only time the bisexual character is ever actually involved with women on the show).
Fox's new animated show Sit Down, Shut Up includes a "flamboyant" bisexual male drama teacher who is obsessed with sex, and Comedy Central's new series Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire features a gay guy eager to have sex with 300 men in a row. Saturday Night Live regularly falls back on gay panic humor — and (usually) not in a good way.
One of the biggest pop songs of the last year is about a girl who kissed a girl and liked it,...
- 4/13/2009
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
Lisa Ray who is best remembered for the Oscar nominee Deepa Mehta’s Oscar is again hitting the headlines for her lesbian role in ‘The World Unseen’ and ‘I Can’t Think Straight’. Both the films are directed by the same director Shamim Sarif. In both the films the lead characters are the same, Lisa Ray and Anglo babe, Sheetal Seth. Actor Parvin Dabas, who plays Omar Lisa Ray's character, Miriam's husband in ‘The World Unseen’, talks a bit about the film. He says, "It was set in during a time when apartheid was still legal in South Africa." He adds that he was sold on the script, story...
- 4/8/2009
- Bollywoodmantra.com
Want to know the status of a particular movie, TV show, or band? Wondering what a certain actress is up to these days? Send your entertainment-related questions to askafterellen@gmail.com — with your first name, city and country — and we'll try to answer as many as we can.
Question: When is the 3Way DVD coming out?
— Diana, Ames, Iowa
Question: What is the status of 3way season two? Is it being filmed or planned? I loved that show and can't wait to see more of it!
— Arielle
Answer: We've received a lot of questions on these two topics over the last few months, and we finally have an answer! To one of them, at least.
The first season of 3Way will be released on DVD on Dinah Shore weekend (i.e. the first weekend in April), according to the 3Way producers. They plan to post more details on 3WayTV.tv soon,...
Question: When is the 3Way DVD coming out?
— Diana, Ames, Iowa
Question: What is the status of 3way season two? Is it being filmed or planned? I loved that show and can't wait to see more of it!
— Arielle
Answer: We've received a lot of questions on these two topics over the last few months, and we finally have an answer! To one of them, at least.
The first season of 3Way will be released on DVD on Dinah Shore weekend (i.e. the first weekend in April), according to the 3Way producers. They plan to post more details on 3WayTV.tv soon,...
- 3/17/2009
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
Want to know the status of a particular movie, TV show, or band? Wondering what a certain actress is up to these days? Want to know if someone is openly gay? (We won't out anyone, but we'll let you know what they've said publicly.) Send your entertainment-related questions to askafterellen@gmail.com — with your first name, city and country — and we'll try to answer as many as we can.
Question: Is [actress] Clea DuVall a lesbian or has she ever come out and said anything about her sexuality?
— Melissa, Syracuse, New York
Clea DuVall
Answer: The 31-year old actress has never publicly stated her sexual orientation.
She is a favorite among lesbian viewers for her work in several films by out director Jamie Babbit, including But I'm A Cheerleader (1999), Sleeping Beauties (a short film starring Radha Mitchell, of High Art fame), Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007), and her role in the HBO film,...
Question: Is [actress] Clea DuVall a lesbian or has she ever come out and said anything about her sexuality?
— Melissa, Syracuse, New York
Clea DuVall
Answer: The 31-year old actress has never publicly stated her sexual orientation.
She is a favorite among lesbian viewers for her work in several films by out director Jamie Babbit, including But I'm A Cheerleader (1999), Sleeping Beauties (a short film starring Radha Mitchell, of High Art fame), Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007), and her role in the HBO film,...
- 1/13/2009
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
While the recent passage of Proposition 8 in California was devastating to Lgbt people and our supporters everywhere, the issue reinvigorated an international debate about gay marriage.
It also drew attention to a number of famous couples, like Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, who wed in the small window of time that gay marriage was legal in California.
Even celebrity lesbian couples who didn’t get married, such as Melissa Etheridge and partner Tammy Lynn Michaels Etheridge were queried in the press for their views on Prop. 8 and what it means to the future of Lgbt rights. Whether appearing on news programs or talk shows, the couples interviewed were typically presented as every bit as committed and family-centric as any heterosexual married couple.
Most of us are on a first name basis with the partners of out celebrities like Ellen, Melissa, and Rosie O’Donnell (her partner is Kelli Carpenter-o'Donnell...
It also drew attention to a number of famous couples, like Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, who wed in the small window of time that gay marriage was legal in California.
Even celebrity lesbian couples who didn’t get married, such as Melissa Etheridge and partner Tammy Lynn Michaels Etheridge were queried in the press for their views on Prop. 8 and what it means to the future of Lgbt rights. Whether appearing on news programs or talk shows, the couples interviewed were typically presented as every bit as committed and family-centric as any heterosexual married couple.
Most of us are on a first name basis with the partners of out celebrities like Ellen, Melissa, and Rosie O’Donnell (her partner is Kelli Carpenter-o'Donnell...
- 1/8/2009
- by dennis
- AfterEllen.com
After the successful opening of his film -The World Unseen in USA and Canada, Parvin Dabas treated himself to what he's most passionate about - Photography. He traveled to Egypt for an Underwater Photography workshop with 26 experienced divers and clicked the most amazing underwater pictures. While capturing the incredible marine life and loving every minute of it, the only time grief gripped him was when he realized that this beautiful marine life is on the verge of extinction....
- 12/31/2008
- GlamSham
Earlier this month, we spoke with lesbian novelist/filmmaker Shamim Sarif (who was recently voted International Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year by AfterEllen.com readers), her partner (and film producer) Hanan Kattan, and actor Sheetal Sheth, about the making of their first film, I Can’t Think Straight Sarif and Kattan discussed the beginning of their filmmaking career, from their tumultuous first steps into the cinematic world, to the start of their second film, an adaptation of Sarif’s novel The World Unseen.
In this interview, they discussed the making of their second film. A much more intense script, and a period piece (it’s set in 1950s South Africa), The World Unseen benefited from the lessons Sarif and Kattan learned from making their first film, and took home serious praise at gay and straight independent film festivals.
The narrative of Unseen is centered on a love story between...
In this interview, they discussed the making of their second film. A much more intense script, and a period piece (it’s set in 1950s South Africa), The World Unseen benefited from the lessons Sarif and Kattan learned from making their first film, and took home serious praise at gay and straight independent film festivals.
The narrative of Unseen is centered on a love story between...
- 12/22/2008
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
In our annual Visibility Awards, we formally recognize the people who have positively or negatively impacted lesbian and bi visibility in American entertainment during the year. (See previous years here: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004).
From Best Movie to Worst Song to Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year, these awards recognize the television shows, movies, music, books and people who entertained, inspired, or disappointed us in 2008.
In previous years, the winners have been editorially chosen by the AfterEllen.com staff (note: winners do not necessarily represent any individual staff member's preference). This year, we opened up some of the categories for nominations, posted the finalists, and thousands of you voted. We've designated those categories with this symbol:
We've also included more international people, shows and movies this year, a reflection of the increasing awareness of lesbian and bisexual visibility around the world made possible by the internet.
Now on to the best and worst of...
From Best Movie to Worst Song to Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year, these awards recognize the television shows, movies, music, books and people who entertained, inspired, or disappointed us in 2008.
In previous years, the winners have been editorially chosen by the AfterEllen.com staff (note: winners do not necessarily represent any individual staff member's preference). This year, we opened up some of the categories for nominations, posted the finalists, and thousands of you voted. We've designated those categories with this symbol:
We've also included more international people, shows and movies this year, a reflection of the increasing awareness of lesbian and bisexual visibility around the world made possible by the internet.
Now on to the best and worst of...
- 12/18/2008
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
2008 will always be known as an historic year — for the passing of gay marriage laws in two states (and the tragic reduction of those rights in four), for the election of the nation’s first president of color, and for the downturn of the economy.
Years from now, when we talk about 2008, it’s likely that we’ll be discussing these events, rather than any specific lesbian film that came out.
But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a banner year for lesbian cinema.
While there were still extremely few mainstream movies with notable lesbian/bi characters, the overall quality of representation was decidedly — and dramatically — on the rise.
2008 saw an encouraging dearth of murderous, victimized or man-hating lesbian characters in any level of production (from smaller indie flicks to big-budget movies).
Women of color were better represented than in many years past, gross stereotypes were avoided, and new talents emerged.
Years from now, when we talk about 2008, it’s likely that we’ll be discussing these events, rather than any specific lesbian film that came out.
But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a banner year for lesbian cinema.
While there were still extremely few mainstream movies with notable lesbian/bi characters, the overall quality of representation was decidedly — and dramatically — on the rise.
2008 saw an encouraging dearth of murderous, victimized or man-hating lesbian characters in any level of production (from smaller indie flicks to big-budget movies).
Women of color were better represented than in many years past, gross stereotypes were avoided, and new talents emerged.
- 12/16/2008
- by dennis
- AfterEllen.com
Once upon a time, a successful lesbian novelist — Shamim Sarif — decided that she was going to make films.
She started by writing Hollywood scripts, and when that proved depressingly unsatisfactory, she adapted her novels into screenplays, learned the art of directing, and convinced her partner Hanan Kattan to produce her films.
A couple of years and two full-length features later, the couple is currently knee-deep in a sea of anticipation and praise, with the recent theatrical releases of I Can’t Think Straight and The World Unseen. AfterEllen.com had a unique opportunity to speak with both the filmmakers and lead actress Sheetal Sheth about the journey from page to screen, and back again.
Actress Sheetal Sheth, director Shamim Sarif, producer Hanan Kattan
Surely, many lesbian filmmakers have “done more with less” before, but none on the scale and scope of Sarif and Kattan. They brought a “Diy” ethos to a higher level.
She started by writing Hollywood scripts, and when that proved depressingly unsatisfactory, she adapted her novels into screenplays, learned the art of directing, and convinced her partner Hanan Kattan to produce her films.
A couple of years and two full-length features later, the couple is currently knee-deep in a sea of anticipation and praise, with the recent theatrical releases of I Can’t Think Straight and The World Unseen. AfterEllen.com had a unique opportunity to speak with both the filmmakers and lead actress Sheetal Sheth about the journey from page to screen, and back again.
Actress Sheetal Sheth, director Shamim Sarif, producer Hanan Kattan
Surely, many lesbian filmmakers have “done more with less” before, but none on the scale and scope of Sarif and Kattan. They brought a “Diy” ethos to a higher level.
- 12/2/2008
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
All photos courtesy: Regent Releasing
I Can’t Think Straight comes hot on the heels of novelist-turned-writer/director Shamim Sarif’s movie The World Unseen, which recently enjoyed a great deal of success on the queer festival circuit.
A bit of background is necessary before we delve into the plot.
While I Can’t Think Straight is just now being released, it was actually Sarif’s first foray into directing a motion picture. The World Unseen was shown first, but it was made after I Can’t Think Straight — and while both films center around similar themes (such as family pressure in complex, traditional cultures), and both feature the talents of actresses Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth, they have a few key differences, mainly in setting and scripting.
Unseen was a lovingly crafted period piece, adapted by Sarif’s own novel of the same name, while Straight is a louder,...
I Can’t Think Straight comes hot on the heels of novelist-turned-writer/director Shamim Sarif’s movie The World Unseen, which recently enjoyed a great deal of success on the queer festival circuit.
A bit of background is necessary before we delve into the plot.
While I Can’t Think Straight is just now being released, it was actually Sarif’s first foray into directing a motion picture. The World Unseen was shown first, but it was made after I Can’t Think Straight — and while both films center around similar themes (such as family pressure in complex, traditional cultures), and both feature the talents of actresses Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth, they have a few key differences, mainly in setting and scripting.
Unseen was a lovingly crafted period piece, adapted by Sarif’s own novel of the same name, while Straight is a louder,...
- 11/20/2008
- by dennis
- AfterEllen.com
by Chris Wisniewski (November 17, 2008) [An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot]
You would think that a cross-cultural, cross-religious lesbian romance should have enough built-in conflict to sustain an 80-minute feature, but Shamim Sarif's "I Can't Think Straight" slumps and stretches its way from its first uninspired set piece, an engagement party for Jordanian-Christian Tala (Lisa Ray), to its mildly embarrassing closing montage, cut to, natch, Jill Sobule's "I Kissed a Girl" (hello, 1995!). As with her other feature, "The World Unseen" (released to theaters earlier this month), Sarif adapts and directs her own novel here, with Ray and Sheetal Sheth playing the lead roles. For "I Can't Think Straight," she enlists the help of co-writer Kelly Moss, but to no avail: Sarif has crafted a movie with such paper-thin characterizations and so lacking in dramatic incident that it's frankly surprising that she was working from a novel at all -- much less one she wrote herself.
You would think that a cross-cultural, cross-religious lesbian romance should have enough built-in conflict to sustain an 80-minute feature, but Shamim Sarif's "I Can't Think Straight" slumps and stretches its way from its first uninspired set piece, an engagement party for Jordanian-Christian Tala (Lisa Ray), to its mildly embarrassing closing montage, cut to, natch, Jill Sobule's "I Kissed a Girl" (hello, 1995!). As with her other feature, "The World Unseen" (released to theaters earlier this month), Sarif adapts and directs her own novel here, with Ray and Sheetal Sheth playing the lead roles. For "I Can't Think Straight," she enlists the help of co-writer Kelly Moss, but to no avail: Sarif has crafted a movie with such paper-thin characterizations and so lacking in dramatic incident that it's frankly surprising that she was working from a novel at all -- much less one she wrote herself.
- 11/18/2008
- Indiewire
by indieWIRE (November 4, 2008) Director Shamim Sarif's "The World Unseen" is adapted from her novel, and is set in 1950s apartheid South Africa amongst the Indian community. The themes are universal - that whatever family, societal or even political constraints you find around you, you can question those constraints, and then take small steps to change them. Her other film, "I Can't Think Straight," meanwhile is a contemporary urban romantic comedy set in London and Jordan. It is a love story between two women of different Eastern cultures and whether or not they can come to terms with the implications of accepting their own sexuality. Sarif describes it as "a light-hearted piece." Regent Releasing opens "I Can't Think Straight" on November 21 and "The World Unseen" this Friday, November 7 in limited release.
- 11/6/2008
- by brian
- indieWIRE - People
Here is the trailer for Regent Releasing’s film The World Unseen. The drama/romance is set to open November 7, 2008 and it is directed by Shamim Sarif. The film stars Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Parvin Dabas and Nandana Sen In 1950’s South Africa, apartheid is just beginning. Free-spirited Amina (Sheetal Sheth) has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community, and the new apartheid-led government, by running a café with Jacob, her ‘colored’ business partner. When she meets Miriam (Lisa Ray), a young traditional wife and mother, their unexpected attraction pushes Miriam to question the rules that bind [...]...
- 10/18/2008
- by The Critic
- SmartCine.com
We have images in from Regent Releasing's documentary "Saving Marriage." The film expands into more theatres in NYC, La, Boston and Denver on Friday, October 17, 2008. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, the film is co-helmed by first timers John Henning and Mike Roth with Roth being the more experienced in the industry with work in the camera and electrical dept. for many releases. It has won three awards in numerous festivals including a second place as best film at last year's Cleveland International Film Festival.
- 10/17/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have images in from Regent Releasing's documentary "Saving Marriage." The film expands into more theatres in NYC, La, Boston and Denver on Friday, October 17, 2008. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, the film is co-helmed by first timers John Henning and Mike Roth with Roth being the more experienced in the industry with work in the camera and electrical dept. for many releases. It has won three awards in numerous festivals including a second place as best film at last year's Cleveland International Film Festival.
- 10/17/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have images and videos in from Regent Releasing's documentary "Saving Marriage," "Tru Loved" and "The World Unseen." "Saving Marriage" expands into more theatres in NYC, La, Boston and Denver on Friday, October 17, 2008. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, the film is co-helmed by first timers John Henning and Mike Roth with Roth being the more experienced in the industry with work in the camera and electrical dept. for many releases. It has won three awards in numerous festivals including a second place as best film at last year's Cleveland International Film Festival. What's this about? In November of 2003,the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court ruled gay marriage legal. Public outcry pushed conservative legislators to approve a constitutional amendment that would override the decision and take marriage away from the gay and lesbian couples but there is still hope. Saving Marriage chronicles the two-year, long drama that unfolds as career politicians...
- 10/17/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We have images in from Regent Releasing's documentary "Saving Marriage." The film expands into more theatres in NYC, La, Boston and Denver on Friday, October 17, 2008. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, the film is co-helmed by first timers John Henning and Mike Roth with Roth being the more experienced in the industry with work in the camera and electrical dept. for many releases. It has won three awards in numerous festivals including a second place as best film at last year's Cleveland International Film Festival.
- 10/17/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New York -- "I Can't Think Straight," a Sapphic romantic comedy written, directed and produced entirely by women, has been picked up for North American distribution by Here! Films.
Shamim Sarif's film charts the unexpected romance between Tala (Lisa Ray), a vivacious Christian woman from Palestine, and Leyla (Sheetal Sheth), a shy Muslim woman from India. When they meet in London just before Tala's planned wedding, sparks fly between them and their families.
Here! sister co. Regent Releasing will distribute Sarif's other feature, the South African-set period lesbian romance "The World Unseen" on Nov. 7 in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto. "Straight" will bow in the same cities two weeks later, followed by additional regional markets.
Sarif based both directorial efforts on her novels of the same name and both star the same actresses. Bollywood actress and model Ray ("Water") sparked controversy in India last year when it was...
Shamim Sarif's film charts the unexpected romance between Tala (Lisa Ray), a vivacious Christian woman from Palestine, and Leyla (Sheetal Sheth), a shy Muslim woman from India. When they meet in London just before Tala's planned wedding, sparks fly between them and their families.
Here! sister co. Regent Releasing will distribute Sarif's other feature, the South African-set period lesbian romance "The World Unseen" on Nov. 7 in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto. "Straight" will bow in the same cities two weeks later, followed by additional regional markets.
Sarif based both directorial efforts on her novels of the same name and both star the same actresses. Bollywood actress and model Ray ("Water") sparked controversy in India last year when it was...
- 9/16/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The following feature-length motion pictures have been reviewed and rated by the Classification and Rating Administration pursuant to the Motion Picture Classification and Rating program. Each of the designated ratings is defined as follows under the Motion Picture Classification and Rating program.
G -- General Audiences. All ages admitted.
PG -- Parental Guidance Suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
PG -13 --Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
R -- Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
Nc-17 -- No One 17 And Under Admitted
1. Christmas Is Here Again
Screen Media Ventures, LLC
G
2. Eagle Eye
DreamWorks/Paramount Distribution Rated for intense sequences of action and violence, and for language.
PG-13
3. Fighting
Rogue Pictures Rated for intense fight sequences, a sex scene and brief strong language.
PG-13
4 Haunting Of Molly Hartley, The
Freestyle Releasing, LLC Rated for violence.
R
5. Lords Of The Street
Peace Arch Home Entertainment Inc. Rated for violence and language.
R
6. Machined Reborn Grindstone Entertainment Group Rated for sadistic violence and torture, language and some sexuality/nudity.
R
7. Marie And Bruce Genius Products Rated for language including sexual references, and some nudity.
R
8. Milk
Focus Features Rated for language, some sexual content and brief violence.
R
9. Ninja Cheerleaders
Peace Arch Home Entertainment Inc. Rated for nudity, sexual content and some crude material.
R
10. Nothing But The Truth
Yari Film Group Releasing, LLC Rated for language, some sexual material and a scene of violence.
R
11. Phoebe In Wonderland Thinkfilm Rated for thematic material and brief strong language.
PG-13
12. Righteous Kill
Overture Films
Rated for violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and brief drug use.
R
13. Secret Life Of Bees, The
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. Rated for thematic material and some violence.
PG-13
14. Surviving Crooked Lake
NeoClassics Films Ltd. Rated for some disturbing bloody images, brief strong language, drug use and smoking.
PG-13
15. Sushi Pack The Movie
Kidtoon Films, Inc.
G
16. Tyler Perry's The Family That Prays
Lionsgate Rated for thematic material, sexual references and brief violence.
PG-13
17. Vacancy 2: The Final Cut
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Rated for strong violence and terror, language and some sexual content.
R
18. World Unseen, The
Regent Releasing L.L.C. Rated for mature thematic material involving sexuality, and violence.
PG Updated Wednesday, August 13, 2008.
G -- General Audiences. All ages admitted.
PG -- Parental Guidance Suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.
PG -13 --Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
R -- Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
Nc-17 -- No One 17 And Under Admitted
1. Christmas Is Here Again
Screen Media Ventures, LLC
G
2. Eagle Eye
DreamWorks/Paramount Distribution Rated for intense sequences of action and violence, and for language.
PG-13
3. Fighting
Rogue Pictures Rated for intense fight sequences, a sex scene and brief strong language.
PG-13
4 Haunting Of Molly Hartley, The
Freestyle Releasing, LLC Rated for violence.
R
5. Lords Of The Street
Peace Arch Home Entertainment Inc. Rated for violence and language.
R
6. Machined Reborn Grindstone Entertainment Group Rated for sadistic violence and torture, language and some sexuality/nudity.
R
7. Marie And Bruce Genius Products Rated for language including sexual references, and some nudity.
R
8. Milk
Focus Features Rated for language, some sexual content and brief violence.
R
9. Ninja Cheerleaders
Peace Arch Home Entertainment Inc. Rated for nudity, sexual content and some crude material.
R
10. Nothing But The Truth
Yari Film Group Releasing, LLC Rated for language, some sexual material and a scene of violence.
R
11. Phoebe In Wonderland Thinkfilm Rated for thematic material and brief strong language.
PG-13
12. Righteous Kill
Overture Films
Rated for violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and brief drug use.
R
13. Secret Life Of Bees, The
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. Rated for thematic material and some violence.
PG-13
14. Surviving Crooked Lake
NeoClassics Films Ltd. Rated for some disturbing bloody images, brief strong language, drug use and smoking.
PG-13
15. Sushi Pack The Movie
Kidtoon Films, Inc.
G
16. Tyler Perry's The Family That Prays
Lionsgate Rated for thematic material, sexual references and brief violence.
PG-13
17. Vacancy 2: The Final Cut
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Rated for strong violence and terror, language and some sexual content.
R
18. World Unseen, The
Regent Releasing L.L.C. Rated for mature thematic material involving sexuality, and violence.
PG Updated Wednesday, August 13, 2008.
- 8/13/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The World Unseen is a film that benefits from an auteurship rarely seen in modern film: It was written and directed by Shamim Sarif (pictured above), author of the novel on which the film is based. The resulting product is a quintessential labor of love, and a successful one at that.
The movie follows the story of two Indian–South African women who fall in love in the racist, sexist society of apartheid South Africa in 1952. Featuring excellent performances from leads Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth, the movie is a charming, well-crafted period drama done right.
Warning: Some Spoilers
The film opens with the vivacious Amina (Sheth), owner of the Locomotion Café (a nod to the Whistle Stop Café of Fried Green Tomatoes, perhaps?), as she fixes up her shop. Amina dresses in men's clothing, defies the local police as they come in to harass the Africans working in the café,...
The movie follows the story of two Indian–South African women who fall in love in the racist, sexist society of apartheid South Africa in 1952. Featuring excellent performances from leads Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth, the movie is a charming, well-crafted period drama done right.
Warning: Some Spoilers
The film opens with the vivacious Amina (Sheth), owner of the Locomotion Café (a nod to the Whistle Stop Café of Fried Green Tomatoes, perhaps?), as she fixes up her shop. Amina dresses in men's clothing, defies the local police as they come in to harass the Africans working in the café,...
- 1/30/2008
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
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