by cjharris | | film, popular culture
I have a confession to make: I’m obsessed with cults. I’ve been on a bit of a binge of movies about cults lately – from the Scientologists, Raelians and Branch Davidians to the Orange People and The Family. By watching these films, I think I’ve figured out the formula...
by cjharris | | film, popular culture
I’m not ashamed to say I’ve watched a lot of Hallmark Christmas movies in the past couple of weeks (okay, maybe slightly ashamed – but only for research purposes, I swear!) Thanks to said “research”, I have discovered that each one of these movies contains the exact...
by cjharris | | film, work
I had never stepped onto a film set before I decided to write and produce my feature film Zelos. Because how hard could it possibly be, right? Surprisingly (to me at least) it turns out that there are a quite a LOT of things that go wrong on a film set. This is by no...
by cjharris | | books, film, travel, writing
Dear Elizabeth Gilbert, You’re probably a lovely person but I just wanted to let you know that Eat, Pray, Love ruined everything. I’m glad you found yourself and your handsome Brazilian after what sounds like a painful divorce. I accept that millions of readers...