“Shit. I didn’t know it was this kind of place,” says Momtaz, the manager of the punk band at the centre of the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts. This is the classic dodgy British pub gig: the all-white male clientele, Vote Leave posters, Union Jacks. It is daylight, and surprisingly full. The band – four women with three of them wearing head coverings – take the stage.
A WINDERMERE filmmaker has promised viewers drama and tension from his latest production, which wrapped last week. Thomas Gardner, who directed a documentary about the Windermere Children entitled ‘Route to Paradise’ in 2019, was taken back in time to World War One for his latest film ‘The Fronts of War.’ The eight-minute feature is co-written with screenwriter Olivia Lewis-Brown and focuses on the personal lives of two soldiers in the trenches in The Somme, 1916. It began production in Maidstone, Kent where Mr Gardener worked closely with Andy Robertshaw who served as historical and military advisor on Steven Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ and Sam Mendes’ BAFTA award winning ‘1917’.
The Most Irresistible Romance Movies of All Time
By Elena Nicolaou of Oprah Daily |
We love a love story which explains the endless stacks of romance novels piling up on our nightstands. Thanks to romantic movies and rom-coms, we can fall in love over and over again, without the risk of heartbreak. All it takes is one viewing of
Titanic for us to feel on top of the world. (Well, in the first hour, at least.)
While
Titanic may be one of the most epic films on this list, there are many more where that came from including hidden gems you may not have seen yet. We ve assembled a broad range of romantic movies from Hollywood to Bollywood. And since there s no
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The Movie:
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The Pitch: The great Katharine Hepburn plays Jane Hudson, a middle-aged single woman from Akron, Ohio who travels to Venice, Italy for a lengthy summer vacation. She has a gnawing sense that something is missing in her life, but finds herself yearning for adventure and being overly cautious at the same time. That’s when she meets Renato (Rossano Brazzi), an Italian shop owner, and eventually throws caution to the wind and embraces a summer romance.