Nagata Kabi's autobiographical debut manga, published in 2016, opens with the tragic absurdity of a sitcom – the awkward moment Kabi experiences sex for the first time. With a female sex worker, for that matter. Vulnerable, but still with tongue in cheek, the scene seems to say: You must be wondering how I got here. A sentiment that rightly sums up the manga's raw but humorous agony. Kabi's short but unmissable first volume on sexual awakenings, quarter life and mental health crises is a sincere thrust of the personal heart. Though overtly expositional, the memoir vividly evokes the struggle to heal and exist against a conservative and aloof world.
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Dropping out of college after 6 months, and finally belonging to nothing, Kabi is left with no choice but to embark on the real world. Trying and failing to find work and belonging,...
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Dropping out of college after 6 months, and finally belonging to nothing, Kabi is left with no choice but to embark on the real world. Trying and failing to find work and belonging,...
- 1/31/2024
- by Renee Ng
- AsianMoviePulse
Twenty-five years ago, Liz Garbus pulled out her Cover Girl compact at the Oscars just before the winner of best documentary was announced. The Manhattan-raised filmmaker didn’t think her 1998 doc, The Farm: Angola, USA, which she co-directed with Jonathan Stack, would win, but wanted to be prepared. The caked powder spilled all over her gown. “As soon as they did not call us, I thought, ‘Phew, I don’t need to go up there with powder all over my dress,'” she says of the fleeting moment when losing felt like a blessing. “And then being like, ‘Wait, no,'” she recalls of the disappointment settling in.
Netflix vp original documentary features and series Adam Del Deo — then just an aspiring doc producer — kept close track of Garbus’ prolific career after seeing The Farm at the Sundance Film Festival. He was blown away by her deep curiosity and ability...
Netflix vp original documentary features and series Adam Del Deo — then just an aspiring doc producer — kept close track of Garbus’ prolific career after seeing The Farm at the Sundance Film Festival. He was blown away by her deep curiosity and ability...
- 3/17/2023
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With her new film Eternal Beauty opening soon, the star of Sightseers, Prevenge and Garth Marenghi remembers the gothic thrill of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, bearded men in Excalibur and the otherworldly Kate Bush
I never gave my parents enough credit for their great taste in TV. We would all sit down and watch Dennis Potter and Twin Peaks together and my mum really encouraged me and my sister to see Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit – perhaps trying to give us an opportunity to tell her something. Then we both disappointed her by being straight. She had this romantic fantasy of herself as a mother who would be completely the opposite to the one in the show.
I never gave my parents enough credit for their great taste in TV. We would all sit down and watch Dennis Potter and Twin Peaks together and my mum really encouraged me and my sister to see Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit – perhaps trying to give us an opportunity to tell her something. Then we both disappointed her by being straight. She had this romantic fantasy of herself as a mother who would be completely the opposite to the one in the show.
- 9/24/2020
- by As told to Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
A version of this article originally appeared on ew.com.
Emma Watson loves to read.
The actress has that in common with her brainy Harry Potter character Hermione as well as bookish Belle, who she plays in the much-anticipated film Beauty and the Beast, out March 17. In addition to being a bookworm, Watson is also an outspoken feminist and as well as a Un Women Goodwill Ambassador and promoter of the organization’s HeForShe movement, which is dedicated to recruiting men into the movement for gender equality. As a response to her work with the Un, she launched the feminist...
Emma Watson loves to read.
The actress has that in common with her brainy Harry Potter character Hermione as well as bookish Belle, who she plays in the much-anticipated film Beauty and the Beast, out March 17. In addition to being a bookworm, Watson is also an outspoken feminist and as well as a Un Women Goodwill Ambassador and promoter of the organization’s HeForShe movement, which is dedicated to recruiting men into the movement for gender equality. As a response to her work with the Un, she launched the feminist...
- 2/21/2017
- by Madeline Raynor
- PEOPLE.com
The actress, a staple of UK modern and classic repertory who became synonymous with the Agatha Christie heroine, died January 30 in the aftermath of a stroke suffered in October, her family said in a release to the press. In addition to Miss Marple, whom she played from 2004 through 2009, she won a 1991 BAFTA TV award for best actress for her role in Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. She was Emmeline “Lucia” Lucas in Mapp And Lucia, a TV series adapted from E.F. Benson’s…...
- 2/1/2015
- by Jeremy Gerard
- Deadline TV
British actress Geraldine McEwan died on Friday at age 82. In a statement, her children, Greg and Claudia, said she "passed away peacefully" on Jan. 30 after suffering a severe stroke at the end of October, for which had been hospitalized in recent months. "Her family would like to thank the staff at Charing Cross Hospital who cared for her incredibly well," McEwan’s children said in the statement. McEwan appeared in plays, television shows and films, and is best known for playing Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's spinster consultant detective, in 12 episodes that aired on ITV from 2004 to 2009. She also shared...
- 1/31/2015
- by Dana Rose Falcone, @DanaRoseFalcone
- PEOPLE.com
Geraldine McEwan has died at the age of 82.
The BAFTA-award winning actress - famed for her starring role as Agatha Christie's detective Miss Marple in the ITV drama Marple - passed away at Charing Cross Hospital in London.
"Following a stroke at the end of October and a period in hospital, Geraldine McEwan passed away peacefully on January 30," read a statement from the late actress's family.
"Her family would like to thank the staff at Charing Cross Hospital who cared for her incredibly well."
McEwan was born in 1932, attending school in her home town of Windsor. She was appointed as an assistant stage manager at the Theatre Royal in the town at the age of just 14, making her stage debut there in October 1946.
Her West End debut followed in 1951, and she spent several seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1950s and 1960s.
McEwan played Miss Marple between 2004 and 2008 on ITV,...
The BAFTA-award winning actress - famed for her starring role as Agatha Christie's detective Miss Marple in the ITV drama Marple - passed away at Charing Cross Hospital in London.
"Following a stroke at the end of October and a period in hospital, Geraldine McEwan passed away peacefully on January 30," read a statement from the late actress's family.
"Her family would like to thank the staff at Charing Cross Hospital who cared for her incredibly well."
McEwan was born in 1932, attending school in her home town of Windsor. She was appointed as an assistant stage manager at the Theatre Royal in the town at the age of just 14, making her stage debut there in October 1946.
Her West End debut followed in 1951, and she spent several seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1950s and 1960s.
McEwan played Miss Marple between 2004 and 2008 on ITV,...
- 1/31/2015
- Digital Spy
Beeban Kidron, who has had an eclectic directing career from "To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar," "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," and the Jeanette Winterson adaptation "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit," is back with her new documentary "InRealLife," which will screen as part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Mavericks section. "InRealLife," a reference to the popular phrase, sometimes shortened to "Irl," that signifies offline life, explores the impact of online communication on the world's teenagers, so-called digital natives. According to Tiff, here's the description of the film: After observing the immersive behaviour of her own teenagers, director Beeban Kidron set out to answer the question: What exactly is the internet, and how is it changing us? She talks directly to teens about how technology shapes their expectations of friendship, their cognition, and their sexuality. She interviews experts including Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, writer Clay...
- 8/30/2013
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
"This film would never have been made in America, because we’ve all got wrinkles."
Celia Imrie is laughing, in semi-horror, about the reaction she and her co-stars had when they saw the first images of themselves having fun at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
"You have this romantic image of yourself, but there we all were in the heat of the sun, no filters or anything. The director thought it was hilarious, but we were all in shock."
Celia Imrie applauds anyone who'll jump off and "give it a go"
Despite this shocking reality, or perhaps because Oscar winner John Madden was prepared to put his A-list line-up - Imrie joined by Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup and Dames Judi and Maggie - on the screen, bumps and all, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has proved a winner ($100million box office haul) with audiences warmed by...
Celia Imrie is laughing, in semi-horror, about the reaction she and her co-stars had when they saw the first images of themselves having fun at The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
"You have this romantic image of yourself, but there we all were in the heat of the sun, no filters or anything. The director thought it was hilarious, but we were all in shock."
Celia Imrie applauds anyone who'll jump off and "give it a go"
Despite this shocking reality, or perhaps because Oscar winner John Madden was prepared to put his A-list line-up - Imrie joined by Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup and Dames Judi and Maggie - on the screen, bumps and all, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has proved a winner ($100million box office haul) with audiences warmed by...
- 6/29/2012
- by Caroline Frost
- Huffington Post
What has the publishing industry put in the water? This spring heralds the arrival of not one but two memoirs by prominent lesbian writers: Jeanette Winterson’s Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? and Alison Bechdel’s Are You My Mother? In this week’s issue of the magazine, I write about those memoirs and about my own formative first encounter with Winterson’s coming-out novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. That was back when I was coming out myself, and queer literature was a revelation: taboo yet affirming, illicit yet requisite, totally comforting, totally hot. At the time, I couldn’t get enough of it. Almost twenty years later, as I settled down with the Winterson and Bechdel memoirs, I realized something startling: I couldn’t remember the last time I’d read a coming-out story, or even anything specifically queer. What happened? For one thing,...
- 4/2/2012
- by Kathryn Schulz
- Vulture
Jeanette Winterson and Helen Dunmore among famous names venturing into the horror genre this year
As an icy wind blows in from the east, the grip of a good horror story is tightening its hold on many of Britain's leading literary talents. Terrifying new novels from outspoken author Jeanette Winterson and from the acclaimed novelist and children's writer Helen Dunmore are at the head of a blast of chilling fiction heading for British bookshops.
Where once an accomplished "lady novelist" in search of a change might have attempted a neat whodunnit or perhaps a cosy "Aga saga", suddenly the unholy desire to create a horror or ghost story has seized a range of established talents. Even the television book club presenter Judy Finnigan has been drawn to the genre for her debut novel, a ghost story that will be out this autumn.
Winterson, who had her first success with the...
As an icy wind blows in from the east, the grip of a good horror story is tightening its hold on many of Britain's leading literary talents. Terrifying new novels from outspoken author Jeanette Winterson and from the acclaimed novelist and children's writer Helen Dunmore are at the head of a blast of chilling fiction heading for British bookshops.
Where once an accomplished "lady novelist" in search of a change might have attempted a neat whodunnit or perhaps a cosy "Aga saga", suddenly the unholy desire to create a horror or ghost story has seized a range of established talents. Even the television book club presenter Judy Finnigan has been drawn to the genre for her debut novel, a ghost story that will be out this autumn.
Winterson, who had her first success with the...
- 1/30/2012
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Beeban Kidron became the great photographer's apprentice at 16 and learned the tricks, trials and triumphs of the business
At 99 and after a long stay in a nursing home, the death of legendary photographer Eve Arnold was hardly a surprise – though she may have been just a little annoyed to quit a few months short of 100.
I was very young when I was summoned to Eve's flat in Mayfair. Under my arm was a pile of photographs taken during the previous year. Unfortunately I had spilt a jar of pickled beetroot over them just before leaving home. Fortunately I had managed to rinse most of the pink stains off but they were still a little damp, and a slight whiff of beetroot emanated from the envelope.
On the intercom her voice was as deep as a man's and as American as the movies – in no way suggesting the elegant and diminutive...
At 99 and after a long stay in a nursing home, the death of legendary photographer Eve Arnold was hardly a surprise – though she may have been just a little annoyed to quit a few months short of 100.
I was very young when I was summoned to Eve's flat in Mayfair. Under my arm was a pile of photographs taken during the previous year. Unfortunately I had spilt a jar of pickled beetroot over them just before leaving home. Fortunately I had managed to rinse most of the pink stains off but they were still a little damp, and a slight whiff of beetroot emanated from the envelope.
On the intercom her voice was as deep as a man's and as American as the movies – in no way suggesting the elegant and diminutive...
- 1/6/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Arrow Books, an imprint of The Random House Group, is embarking on a major new publishing partnership with Hammer Films.
The partnership will create a new Hammer imprint to initially publish around six titles a year, launching in Spring 2011. Titles will include novelizations of new film releases, novelizations of backlist classics – to bring them to a whole new market with a modern and sophisticated twist – and new novellas by established authors whose oeuvre does not necessarily encompass the horror genre.
Award-winning author Jeanette Winterson (The Stone Gods, Oranges are not the Only Fruit) is writing the first of these original novellas, which will be published in Summer 2011.
Not in production since the 1980’s, Hammer’s brand is now being aggressively reinvigorated by Exclusive Media Group through new investment in the development and production of films, television and digital-platform content. Hammer’s triumphant return will be marked this month by its...
The partnership will create a new Hammer imprint to initially publish around six titles a year, launching in Spring 2011. Titles will include novelizations of new film releases, novelizations of backlist classics – to bring them to a whole new market with a modern and sophisticated twist – and new novellas by established authors whose oeuvre does not necessarily encompass the horror genre.
Award-winning author Jeanette Winterson (The Stone Gods, Oranges are not the Only Fruit) is writing the first of these original novellas, which will be published in Summer 2011.
Not in production since the 1980’s, Hammer’s brand is now being aggressively reinvigorated by Exclusive Media Group through new investment in the development and production of films, television and digital-platform content. Hammer’s triumphant return will be marked this month by its...
- 10/6/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Award-winning author Jeanette Winterson to turn to horror writing as film company Hammer moves into literary world
Jeanette Winterson will pen a horror novel for the film company Hammer as it moves into the world of publishing.
The Whitbread prize-winning author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is the first writer commissioned to produce a novella under the publishing deal.
Hammer is partnering with Arrow Books, part of Random House, to produce a series of horror titles.
The film company, founded in 1934 and famed for its British-made shockers, has recently been revived.
It is adapting The Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe, and will release its first film in 30 years next month: Let Me In, starring Chloe Moretz.
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Jeanette Winterson will pen a horror novel for the film company Hammer as it moves into the world of publishing.
The Whitbread prize-winning author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is the first writer commissioned to produce a novella under the publishing deal.
Hammer is partnering with Arrow Books, part of Random House, to produce a series of horror titles.
The film company, founded in 1934 and famed for its British-made shockers, has recently been revived.
It is adapting The Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliffe, and will release its first film in 30 years next month: Let Me In, starring Chloe Moretz.
Jeanette WintersonHorror
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- 10/6/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
We all have film sequences that stick in our minds. Some are shared by many – such as the shower scene from Psycho – others are particular to us. Here our film critic and a panel of leading movie-makers reveal their favourites. What are yours?
Who will ever forget the first time they saw the 45-second shower-room murder in Hitchcock's Psycho? I remember 1959 and 1961 as the years when my first two children were born. But the first thing that comes to mind about the year in between was seeing Psycho, which I'd been looking forward to since a radio programme I'd produced the previous October, when Hitchcock had enticingly described Psycho as "my first real horror film". Entering the Plaza, Lower Regent Street, the day the film opened, I passed the cardboard cut-out of Hitchcock in the foyer, from which a tape recording of the Master's familiar Leytonstone undertaker's voice warned us...
Who will ever forget the first time they saw the 45-second shower-room murder in Hitchcock's Psycho? I remember 1959 and 1961 as the years when my first two children were born. But the first thing that comes to mind about the year in between was seeing Psycho, which I'd been looking forward to since a radio programme I'd produced the previous October, when Hitchcock had enticingly described Psycho as "my first real horror film". Entering the Plaza, Lower Regent Street, the day the film opened, I passed the cardboard cut-out of Hitchcock in the foyer, from which a tape recording of the Master's familiar Leytonstone undertaker's voice warned us...
- 3/15/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Andrea Arnold, from Fish Tank, Red Road and Wasp fame, will be hitting Wuthering Heights next, but she might be following that up with another original piece called The Cleaner. Peter Strickland (see pic above) who made waves last year with his film Katalin Varga, will be going to Italy for his next project - a horror film called who is developing The Berberian Sound Studio. - Thanks to the workaholic folks at thePlaylist for making this press release "more" public, as there are plenty of noteworthy projects in development mentioned in the UK Film Council from talented filmmakers who've yet to even mention these future films. While we are aware of what Winterbottom, Ramsay, Hirschbiegel and Terry Gilliam, there is some fresh stuff in here to be excited about. Here are a half dozen that are now on my radar, I've include the press release below or you...
- 2/25/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
No woman has ever won an Oscar for directing. Could this be the year that all changes?
For Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue a few years back, photographer Annie Leibovitz created a classic image of a film director at work. Posing beneath a stormy sky, George Clooney stood with his shirt ripped open, trousers tucked rakishly into his boots, arms outstretched – a young Orson Welles meets Michelangelo's vision of God. His crew were a crowd of female models in flesh-coloured lingerie; not the obvious costume for a camera operator, but there you are. This was the auteur as masculine genius, a warrior amid a sea of passive women.
This has long been the archetype of the film director, but over the last few months a host of women have been making waves: Sam Taylor-Wood with Nowhere Boy, Lone Scherfig with An Education, Andrea Arnold with Fish Tank. Then there are Kathryn Bigelow and Jane Campion,...
For Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue a few years back, photographer Annie Leibovitz created a classic image of a film director at work. Posing beneath a stormy sky, George Clooney stood with his shirt ripped open, trousers tucked rakishly into his boots, arms outstretched – a young Orson Welles meets Michelangelo's vision of God. His crew were a crowd of female models in flesh-coloured lingerie; not the obvious costume for a camera operator, but there you are. This was the auteur as masculine genius, a warrior amid a sea of passive women.
This has long been the archetype of the film director, but over the last few months a host of women have been making waves: Sam Taylor-Wood with Nowhere Boy, Lone Scherfig with An Education, Andrea Arnold with Fish Tank. Then there are Kathryn Bigelow and Jane Campion,...
- 2/1/2010
- by Sam Taylor, Kira Cochrane
- The Guardian - Film News
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