Stars: Victoria Hopkins, Angela Zahra, Melissa Advani, Judith Alexander, Jody Baldwin, Bill Fellows, Kristian James, Holly Newton | Written and Directed by Richard Johnstone
Usually it wouldn’t bode well for a film when a) it has a generic title like Vampires; and b) when you discover it’s actual title is Bloodless, the very opposite of what you want from a vampire movie… Give me flesh-tearing vampires ripping people apart anyday thanks! But, all prejudices aside, I was still willing to give this British scary movie a shot – mainly in part to one of the films stars, Victoria Hopkins, and its producer, Steve O’Brien. Both names whom you probably aren’t that familiar with but both of whom worked on Zombie Women of Satan. A film who – even to this day – it seems like I’m the only fan of (that was certainly the case after its screening at Frightfest in 2009).
Vampires,...
Usually it wouldn’t bode well for a film when a) it has a generic title like Vampires; and b) when you discover it’s actual title is Bloodless, the very opposite of what you want from a vampire movie… Give me flesh-tearing vampires ripping people apart anyday thanks! But, all prejudices aside, I was still willing to give this British scary movie a shot – mainly in part to one of the films stars, Victoria Hopkins, and its producer, Steve O’Brien. Both names whom you probably aren’t that familiar with but both of whom worked on Zombie Women of Satan. A film who – even to this day – it seems like I’m the only fan of (that was certainly the case after its screening at Frightfest in 2009).
Vampires,...
- 10/21/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
If there’s a theme to 2011’s crop of films featuring lesbian/bi women, it’s that this was a very good year for emerging voices. First time and younger filmmakers made a mark in huge ways this year, providing everything from spellbinding documentaries (No Look Pass), heart-wrenching drama (Pariah, Break My Fall, Circumstance), and fresh comedy (Jamie and Jessie are Not Together, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same). Pair that with the quality coming from established filmmakers like Celine Sciamma (Tomboy), and you have a year marked by the presence of strong, unique voices.
Hard Hitters
Nowhere is that strength of vision more prominent than in the year’s dramas. Well-meaning (but tired) melodramas were drowned out by clear-eyed, nuanced filmmaking, most evident in Pariah, the story of a young African-American woman struggling with her identity, and Circumstance, which features the romance between two teenaged girls in Iran.
As AfterEllen.
Hard Hitters
Nowhere is that strength of vision more prominent than in the year’s dramas. Well-meaning (but tired) melodramas were drowned out by clear-eyed, nuanced filmmaking, most evident in Pariah, the story of a young African-American woman struggling with her identity, and Circumstance, which features the romance between two teenaged girls in Iran.
As AfterEllen.
- 12/27/2011
- by Danielle Riendeau
- AfterEllen.com
Three Veils offers a poignant, dramatic tale of three young Middle-Eastern American women and their colliding lives. Occasionally, the film paints its settings and characters with a rather broad brush, and the script contains uneven moments, but it’s an earnest, entertaining and heartfelt production.
Leila (Mercedes Masöhn) is the pretty, stable “girl next door.” We begin with her staring into a mirror, her voiceover explaining that she’s just gotten engaged (by way of arranged marriage) and all she can think about is her wedding night – specifically her first time with husband-to-be Ali. We watch her prepare for the wedding, host a swinging engagement party and begin to go on awkward dates with Ali, the most aggressively awful kisser of all time.
She relates her adventures in make out purgatory to Nikki (Sheetal Sheth), her free-spirited best friend (and the second of our leading ladies). Slinky, sexy, and perpetually guzzling booze,...
Leila (Mercedes Masöhn) is the pretty, stable “girl next door.” We begin with her staring into a mirror, her voiceover explaining that she’s just gotten engaged (by way of arranged marriage) and all she can think about is her wedding night – specifically her first time with husband-to-be Ali. We watch her prepare for the wedding, host a swinging engagement party and begin to go on awkward dates with Ali, the most aggressively awful kisser of all time.
She relates her adventures in make out purgatory to Nikki (Sheetal Sheth), her free-spirited best friend (and the second of our leading ladies). Slinky, sexy, and perpetually guzzling booze,...
- 4/22/2011
- by Danielle Riendeau
- AfterEllen.com
As the writer and director of Three Veils, a few common questions I get about the film are “Is this movie based on a true story?” or “How was it working with the lovely and (insert your favorite saucy term) Sheetal Sheth?” However, the first question I inevitably get is “Excuse me, are you crazy?”
I suppose one must be crazy to attempt to make a film in this day and age about young Arab women — who are Muslim — who go through controversial subject matters such as arranged marriage, forbidden love. And for creating one of the first narrative films to ever feature the struggles of an Arab, Muslim Lesbian.
When I first started writing the script, I admit I was anxious. I didn’t want to offend any particular group, or make unwelcome enemies, especially of the threatening kind. Of course, that goal proved to be mostly hopeless as...
I suppose one must be crazy to attempt to make a film in this day and age about young Arab women — who are Muslim — who go through controversial subject matters such as arranged marriage, forbidden love. And for creating one of the first narrative films to ever feature the struggles of an Arab, Muslim Lesbian.
When I first started writing the script, I admit I was anxious. I didn’t want to offend any particular group, or make unwelcome enemies, especially of the threatening kind. Of course, that goal proved to be mostly hopeless as...
- 4/8/2011
- by Rolla Selbak
- AfterEllen.com
By Caroline J. Nelson
(April 2011)
Running April 6-10, the San Francisco International Women’s Film Festival is in its seventh year of celebrating female filmmakers. Throughout the week, there will be screenings of films directed and co-directed by women followed by a time for questions and answers with the filmmakers as well as events honoring them.
The festival opens tonight with “Grace, Milly, Lucy … Child Soldiers,” a film by Raymonde Provencher about three young girls who are abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda and forced to become child soldiers. Over the course of five days, 58 films (seven features and 51 shorts) from 11 different countries will be showcased.
This year, the festival has a huge local filmmaker presence including “Opal” directed by Dina Ciraulo, “Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives” by Nancy Kelly, and “Atomic Mom” by M.T. Silvia. Additional films to look out for include “Imani” by Caroline Kamya...
(April 2011)
Running April 6-10, the San Francisco International Women’s Film Festival is in its seventh year of celebrating female filmmakers. Throughout the week, there will be screenings of films directed and co-directed by women followed by a time for questions and answers with the filmmakers as well as events honoring them.
The festival opens tonight with “Grace, Milly, Lucy … Child Soldiers,” a film by Raymonde Provencher about three young girls who are abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda and forced to become child soldiers. Over the course of five days, 58 films (seven features and 51 shorts) from 11 different countries will be showcased.
This year, the festival has a huge local filmmaker presence including “Opal” directed by Dina Ciraulo, “Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives” by Nancy Kelly, and “Atomic Mom” by M.T. Silvia. Additional films to look out for include “Imani” by Caroline Kamya...
- 4/6/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
By Caroline J. Nelson
(April 2011)
Running April 6-10, the San Francisco International Women’s Film Festival is in its seventh year of celebrating female filmmakers. Throughout the week, there will be screenings of films directed and co-directed by women followed by a time for questions and answers with the filmmakers as well as events honoring them.
The festival opens tonight with “Grace, Milly, Lucy … Child Soldiers,” a film by Raymonde Provencher about three young girls who are abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda and forced to become child soldiers. Over the course of five days, 58 films (seven features and 51 shorts) from 11 different countries will be showcased.
This year, the festival has a huge local filmmaker presence including “Opal” directed by Dina Ciraulo, “Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives” by Nancy Kelly, and “Atomic Mom” by M.T. Silvia. Additional films to look out for include “Imani” by Caroline Kamya...
(April 2011)
Running April 6-10, the San Francisco International Women’s Film Festival is in its seventh year of celebrating female filmmakers. Throughout the week, there will be screenings of films directed and co-directed by women followed by a time for questions and answers with the filmmakers as well as events honoring them.
The festival opens tonight with “Grace, Milly, Lucy … Child Soldiers,” a film by Raymonde Provencher about three young girls who are abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda and forced to become child soldiers. Over the course of five days, 58 films (seven features and 51 shorts) from 11 different countries will be showcased.
This year, the festival has a huge local filmmaker presence including “Opal” directed by Dina Ciraulo, “Trust: Second Acts in Young Lives” by Nancy Kelly, and “Atomic Mom” by M.T. Silvia. Additional films to look out for include “Imani” by Caroline Kamya...
- 4/6/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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