Teacups & Couture A Fashion Blog by Roxanna Bina

Los Angeles – April 2022 With senior publicist JANIE MALLET interviewed by Emmanuel Itier Transforming and enchanting might be the two key words for this mesmerizing journey offered by, Cirque du Soleil, with their Brazilian inspired music and insect driven spectacle: ‘OVO’. Be prepared to be entertained and transported into …

Premiering at the 37th Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival    From the award-winning director Leslie Zemeckis of Bound by Flesh, Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer and Behind the Burly Q comes a documentary about the lives, loves and enduring influence of the Grandes Horizontales. A never before in-depth look at the culture of the courtesan.   Why did …

With director Darin J. Sallam and actress Karam Taher How can one not be touched by directorial tour- de- force from Darin J. Sallam: ‘FARHA’ . This is the touching journey of a 14 year old girl, Farha, played by newcomer Karam Taher, in 1948 in Palestine and who is …

Interview with Director: Samir Nasr SHARAF is an amazing tour de force by maverick director Samir Nasr. It explores with a visceral attitude the dystopian prison world in the Arab world. This was one more breathtaking film to watch during the Red Sea International Film Festival. After the premiere, we …

‘HUDA’S SALON’ With: Actress Manal Awad (“Huda”) and director Hany Abu-Assad Another quite shocking film to discover at The Red Sea International Film  Festival was ‘Huda’s Salon’, a co-production between Palestine, Egypt, Qatar and The Netherlands. What a fantastic international collaboration to bring to light the nightmare of a young …

“BECOMING” Interview with Directors: Hind Alfahhad, Jowaher Alamri, Sara Mesfer et Fatima Al-Banawi If there was one movie not to miss at The Red Sea International Film Festival of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, it was: ‘Becoming’. Not only is this the first Saudi movie combining the enlightening visions of five …

Last week at The Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,  the most important Saudi female filmmaker, Haifaa Al-Mansour , was finally celebrated for her courage, her talent and her vision to encourage waves of changes in this country with a “bad reputation”. Such reputation is sure to be …

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD — Pictured: JURASSIC WORLD’s Iconic Tyrannosaurus rex and Mosasaurus Invade Universal Studios Hollywood in Dynamic New Ad Campaign, It Just Got Real, as Anticipation Builds for the New Mega Attraction, “Jurassic World—The Ride,” Opening This Summer — (Photo by: Universal Studios Hollywood)UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD — Universal Studios …

An interview with French director Yamina Benguigui. Yamina Benguigui is truly a force of nature in France. She is a very respected filmmaker as well as a political voice whose visions bring changes to this world. Therefore, this was not a surprise that the first edition of The Red Sea …

Another fantastic collection by Noir Keu Ninomiya! photos: Vogue