Lorraine Toussaint: “acting has always been like breathing”
Right now, I’m doing a film called The Soloist. It’s directed by Joe Wright, who I love, and who directed Keira Knightley in Pride and...
Winter movie heads for the tropics
A Winter Tale might not sound like a Caribbean movie—but this film has deep roots in the region. And filmgoers in this part of the world...
Movie reviews (January/February 2008)
A natural high The masked stilt-walking dancers of Trinidad, known as moko jumbies, form an integral part of Carnival celebrations. In West...
A Winter Tale: heartbreak and humour
If Frances-Anne Solomon looked a little haggard when we met, it was entirely understandable. Just a few days earlier, her film A Winter...
Film buzz (May/June 2007)
STORM BREWING Storm Saulter is stirring things up in Jamaica’s developing film industry. The 23-year-old recently wrapped production on...
Perry Henzell: the master
Perry Henzell, who died in December at the age of 70, was one of the most noteworthy figures of Caribbean cinema. His 1972 masterwork, The...
Film buzz (March/April 2007)
Reggae sisters Queens of Sound: a Herstory of Reggae and Dancehall A film by Sandra Krampelhuber The music industry is notoriously unfair...
Notting Hill Carnival: behind the sequins
“A lot of people don’t know what goes on in the background of Carnival. The costumes look pretty on the street, but they don’t really...
