2018

  • Heaven Without People

    Heaven Without People

      The setting for this family drama is the home of a Lebanese Christian family who for the first time have managed to get their entire clan together for an Easter lunch.  The matriarch Josephine (Samira Sarkis) is nominally in charge, but very soon as the lively conversation gets going with several family members talking…

  • Timothee Chalamet in his own words

    Timothee Chalamet in his own words

      The day before the Oscars, Santa Monica always plays host to the Film Independent Spirit Awards that recognize and honor the work of independent filmmakers.  They have been going in some shape or form since 1984, and have come to be respected as awards that people love to win, and in a very casual…

  • Transgender Couple find happiness together

    Transgender Couple find happiness together

    Jasmine Marino and her boyfriend Ryan Sied were both born the opposite gender but that didn’t stop this trans couple finding love.  This touching video by My Trans Life tells the story of how they found true happiness together by being themselves.    

  • The Judge

    The Judge

      Erika Cohn’s very sympathetic profile on Khoulud Al-Faqih who became the first woman appointed to be a Judge in a Palestinian Shari’a Court in the West Bank bravely attempts to uncover some of the mystique and secrecy that cloaks this Islamic culture.  Most of the time she succeeds exceptionally well, but on some occasions,…