Archive for Film

Finding One’s Origins

Born in Milan, Brazilian of nationality, Spanish passport and part time living in New York, I have parents from Lebanon, grandparents from Siria, Turkey and Spain . It’s in this Ixelles residence that with the help of Radu Mihaileanu last movie “Le Concert ” I finally discover the truth about my own personal journey.

Posted by Joelle in Brussels, Design, Film

Desert Talks

Because of my gypsy nature I have always been fascinated by the desert. I have just met in Beer Sheva the artist and filmmaker Joseph Dadoune who over several cups of a warm mint tea presented to me a stunning project taking place in the Ofaquim desert involving a local comunity. ” You must be part of this Joelle ! ” He says.

Posted by Joelle in Culture, Film, Ofaquim, Photography, Travel

Defiance

Lately I have been very angry. Moreover my teacher today at a class told a crowd of 200 people ” This world we live in, is the worst of all worlds: We cannot trust our leaders, our friends, our financial institutions .”

Posted by Joelle in Culture, Film, Photography

When am I?

“All we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us.” Penelope – Lost
I have never really been a TV person, especially series. They make me feel like I am a hostage to a weekly date, that I will miss and give up for seven long days. My personality constantly leads me to the illusion that I am in full control of my time and my life.

Posted by Joelle in Film, Lifestyle

Boylen’s Competition

Sixteenth century passion never goes out of style. Scarlett Johanson’s battle for the love of King Henry VIII, played by Eric Bana, in The Other Boleyn Girl, in theaters nationwide Feb. 29. The actresses play sisters Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn in Philippa Gregory’s adaptation of this historical and scandalous sibling rivalry. The movie is full of style and vibrantly sexy.

Posted by Joelle in Film, New York

From Anti-Aging to Immortality

Everyday, early in the morning I would drink a large glass of a delicious freshly squeezed orange juice, sometimes with tiny clementines picked from the neighbor trees in the hills of the very old residential quarter of Posillipo. The Italian blend of warm strong coffee aroma would wake me up just on time to see at distance from my bed, the orange winter sun rise on the Vesuvius in the large bay of Naples.

Posted by Joelle in Film, Naples, New York, Paris, Wellness

Sex in the Time of Cholera

The photography is amazing, sepia tones and the warm intensity of colors represent the external melange of the old exquisite and sensual Caribbean city of Cartagena under the sun , waves of Cholera, and heavy rain , and the inner expression of South American living life, love, sex and death to their extreme, the difficulty of human race to reach happiness for the sake to find after many years that death has a limitation that life doesn’t have.

Posted by Joelle in Film, New York

Brothers and Their Baggage in Darjeeling

The trip began in Jodhpur and ended in Udaipur . They haven’t seen each other for over a year since the death of their father in a car accident. As they travel through India, they carry their dead father’s luggage (a set of Louis Vuitton luggage Marc Jacobs designed especially for the movie).

Posted by Joelle in Film, New York

Tom Ford’s Angel A

A few months ago I was invited my my friend Carmen D’ Alessio to watch a Premiere movie in New York of French director Luc Besson , Angel A.

Posted by Joelle in Film, Marketing, New York