by Jillian Dale Estimated to be a $32 billion trade, sex trafficking is the largest illegal industry in the world. Lost Girls is a social message film, produced by Rough Diamond Productions, designed to educate and provide its audience with…
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THE HOLLYWOOD TIMES: Director Julia Verdin's Film about Sex Trafficking of Minors in LA is Timely in Light of the Big Busts Screening this weekend at the prestigious LA Shorts Festival is director Julia Verdin’s debut short film LOST GIRLS.…
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Auteur Directors: Any American Women? by Maria Giese In 100 years of cinema, no American woman director has ever been invited to join the pantheon of international auteur directors. Non-American women directors like Andrea Arnold, Jane Campion, Liliana Cavani, Claire…
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A Gene That Doesn’t Recede ‘2 Jacks,’ a Satire of Hollywood Machinations by Stephen Holden With a cocked eyebrow and a sly grin that with a slight curl of a lip can turn into a nasty scowl, Danny Huston portrays…
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It’s just under a week to go until Raindance and already people are talking about the London Film Festival. The capital’s flagship film event is very much Raindance’s bigger brother – this year, in more ways than one. Because while…
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