Teacups & Couture A Fashion Blog by Roxanna Bina
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 …
Read More »RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL by Emmanuel Itier and Roxanna Bina
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 …
Read More »Two Shorts at the Santa Barbara Film Festival – ELECTRIC LADY – VUJA DE
Director: Casey McGarry Interviewed by Emmanuel Itier and Roxanna Bina Q: Tell us about the genesis of these two docs? Casey: For the last 6 years or so, I’ve been making SB themed short to medium-length documentaries for the film festival and there’s no better feeling than lifting up your …
Read More »“THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE” -Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020
The 35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival just completed another splendid year with an amazing programming of mesmerizing features and inspiring documentaries. One of these documentaries that caught my interest was the American project written, produced and directed by two maverick men: Darroch Greer and Paul Glenshaw. Their film, ‘The …
Read More »TAKASHI MIIKE – ‘FIRST LOVE’ IN MACAU 2019
Q: You said that this film is a “special” film for you, what is the reason? Takashi: I think that film is one my most hopeful movie with some political undertone. Also it’s a movie about love, about relationship and I think this is different from my other movies in …
Read More »RISE OF THE ACTRESSES AT THE 11th OKINAWA FILM FESTIVAL
It was very hard not to pay attention to the many talented Actresses gracing the red carpet and the screenings of the 11th Okinawa Film Festival . This year, among others, the festival had invited from Japan: Honoka Matsumoto and Ayame Misaki as well as from Myanmar, Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi . …
Read More »Okinawa Laugh & Peace Festival
For most tourists in the World, Okinawa is this iconic Japanese Island some 400 miles from the mainland of Japan and where it’s always a “feel good” feeling to escape, rejuvenate in this paradise similar to Hawaii. For others it’s also the gruesome reminder of the ugly battle of Okinawa during …
Read More »Melissa McCarthy at the SBIFF!
Check out my red carpet interview with Melissa McCarthy at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival as she received the ‘Montecito Award’ tonight! https://youtu.be/Y1V8UwHo9L8 Merci to Emmanuel Itier for shooting the interview and B-roll tonight! photos: Emmanuel Itier/ Rick Carter
Read More »What I wore….
I recently attended a few events at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and here are 2 of my outfits from separate events. Let’s start with my fluffy mongolian fur blue jacket- somewhere a powder blue sheep is shivering but who cares, right? Seriously, I had a cold that night …
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