Blog http://www.ajaxray.com/rss2/channel/about Planes, Trains and Automobiles http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=104 2010-04-17 Iceland always had a hint of arctic romance to me, but since this volcano has stopped flights in and out of the UK and Europe, I’m over it. We’......]]> Extreme Sports http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=103 2010-04-09 So I found myself suspended 300 feet about ground in the Swiss alps with nothing but pure mountain air between me and certain disaster. What happ......]]> Chinese Whispers http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=102 2010-04-03 Bonjour from Switzerland. Where I have been thinking about...China! From Gong Li to Dim Sum we all know how many delicious things China has to of......]]> Mumbai Madness http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=101 2010-03-26 So I walked nonchalantly into the office one morning last week - and after four flights of stairs, sauntering in is no mean feat, but we have int......]]> It's Raining Women, Hallelujah! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=100 2010-03-14 Barbra Streisand said it best: ‘The time has come’. And what a great moment as Kathryn Bigelow received the Best Director Oscar. Now, I remembe......]]> Lilles, Je T'aime http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=99 2010-03-07 Well, I reckon I hit the apex of lesbian celebrity in a bar in Lille when, at 1am and after merely one glass of champagne, I glanced up to see an i......]]> What's Cooking? http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=98 2010-02-26 Sorry I'm late in blogging but I've been on Hanan time, which means I've lived an entire month in the past week. I'll spare you the worst whining, ......]]> The Eye of the Tiger http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=97 2010-02-20 Have you all finished laughing about that Chinese New Year photo of the tiger (Hanan) and the chicken (guess who)? It’s all right for you, you’......]]> A Romantic Education http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=96 2010-02-11 So Ethan, our eleven year old, is into his second week of sex education classes at school. Over dinner, I tried not to choke as he described with a......]]> An Examined Life http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=95 2010-02-02 It was some wise guy like Socrates who said 'The unexamined life is not worth living', but after much meditation, I have to conclude that what he a......]]> On The Wagon http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=94 2010-01-27 I apologise for not blogging, but I got sick. Just a cold, though I milked it enough to earn half an hour watching the food channel. It wasn’t a ......]]> Bad Education http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=93 2010-01-18 We started the weekend on Friday at a Jewish cemetery in North London at the funeral of the mother of one of our dearest friends, also the Exec Pro......]]> How To Plan a C-Section http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=92 2010-01-12 It's been a week since my last blog. I know this because the last thing I hear every night and the first thing to assail my delicate ears each morn......]]> I Really Think I Would Turn Into a Pumpkin http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=91 2010-01-04 In the Sarif-Kattan household, New Year’s Eve suffers from the same syndrome as pierced ears. I digress, but by now, who cares? So when I was aro......]]> Clumsy...But Sharp http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=90 2009-12-27 Christmas comes but once a year, and Hanan is one person who remains grateful for that. My wife was staggering around the living room at 7am gather......]]> Have a Hairy Holiday! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=89 2009-12-20 Christmas Spirit http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=88 2009-12-18 Caio, Italia! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=87 2009-12-05 Normal.dotm 0 0 ......]]> Merde! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=86 2009-11-26 Give Peace a Chance, Especially for your Wife http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=85 2009-11-26 Fishy Business http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=84 2009-11-26 Bombay Dreams http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=83 2009-11-26 Insanity in Incredible India http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=82 2009-11-26 I Forgot What I Remembered To Tell You http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=81 2009-11-26 Special Services and a Happy Ending! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=80 2009-10-27 Lisa Ray http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=79 2009-10-21 Normal.dotm 0 0 ......]]> Hanan for the White House http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=78 2009-10-19 Fun in Florida http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=77 2009-10-18 The Lion Roars http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=76 2009-10-15 No Nipples http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=75 2009-10-12 How Much is that Movie In the Window http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=74 2009-10-07 This is an editorial I wrote recently. Not a true blog but I wanted to share it and please feel free to share it with others too. I think there's a......]]> Drama, Drama, Drama! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=73 2009-10-05 Two Writers Are Better Than One http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=72 2009-10-05 Saving FAce http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=71 2009-10-01 So I just spent the last two hours on the top floor of Harrods, getting a facial, one of my many wonderful birthday presents from my Norwegian-l......]]> Thanks for the Movie! Can I Have Your Wife?! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=70 2009-09-27 Normal.dotm 0 0 ......]]> Walking with Lisa http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=69 2009-09-25 Sex in Scandinavia http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=68 2009-09-23 Keep the Lesbians http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=67 2009-09-23 Shamim Sarif's Six Degrees of Semi-Separation http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=66 2009-09-17 Mum's the Word http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=65 2009-09-13
The World Unseen - TOTALLY SEEN http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=64 2009-09-13 Sheetal Speaks! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=63 2009-09-10 So Hanan asked our leading ladies what they thought of the new, incredibly sexy Box Set of I Can't Think Straight and The World Unseen. This is wha......]]> Lisa http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=62 2009-09-08 Your Turn to Make the Movies http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=61 2009-09-06 Lisa Ray http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=60 2009-09-03 Sagging Bosom Seeks Uplift http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=59 2009-08-30 Lesbians in Quicksand http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=58 2009-08-28 So Ethan woke me up this morning with an idea for a movie.
'Not those lesbian-type movies you make now like The World Unseen but a kid's mov......]]> I Can't Think Straight goes straight http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=57 2009-08-24 So 'I Can't Think Straight' opens theatrically in India on 11th September. The idea of 'Leesa Ray' as a lesbian sent everyone into a tailspin on th......]]> On set on The World Unseen http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=56 2009-08-21 In the 'Producer's Guide to Low Budget Filmmaking', written by Hanan Kattan (don't rush to Amazon, she hasn't had time to actually write it yet) th......]]> Hiking with Hanan http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=55 2009-08-16 We spent the day hiking the other day. Ah, the smell of wild grass and Swiss wildflowers, a chance to discover The World Unseen for real, the punge......]]> Silence of the Lambs http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=54 2009-08-14 L Word is for Lucky http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=53 2009-08-08 Was watching an episode or two of The L Word the other night - purely for work purposes, you understand, studying structure and all that, and I com......]]> I Can't Think Straight...And I Can't Hear a Thing! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=52 2009-08-05 So I've finished the pilot episode of I Can't Think Straight the TV show. There is no better feeling in the world than finishing a piece of writing......]]> Pirates of the Cappuccino http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=51 2009-08-01 Thirteen years later, I’ve finally discovered the way to send Hanan insane with pleasure. But before you feel sorry for her 13 year drought,......]]> The Wedding Crashers http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=50 2009-07-30 I'm back! Three days ago I was hijacked while walking up the hill from the Swiss village nearest us, clutching my paper bag of croissants ('never w......]]> Hanan Takes Over the Blog http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=49 2009-07-29
Yes I don’t use FB (emails are high tech enough for me & take too much time) but I dec......]]> Teddy Girls http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=48 2009-07-24 Princess of Persia http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=47 2009-07-18
Bee Movie http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=46 2009-07-16 Sleep is for Wimps http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=45 2009-07-14 The Hills Are Alive... http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=44 2009-07-08 ......]]> The Dancing Spires http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=43 2009-07-01 I Left my Heart in San Francisco... http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=42 2009-06-25 It's a Fair Cop, guv... http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=41 2009-06-18 In Bruges...No, Antwerp actually http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=40 2009-06-17 Moose Hunting http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=39 2009-06-10 Breakfast at Lisa's http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=38 2009-06-03 So while I was running the office, looking after the kids, doing the shopping, organising the house and trying to write, Hanan was having breakfast......]]> If the Caffeine doesn't get you, the Antioxidents will... http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=37 2009-05-31 The Dreaming Spires... http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=36 2009-05-26 Angels and Lesbians http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=35 2009-05-19 So we just went to see Angels & Demons. Why? Because it was at the cinema up the road and they have big seats and those chilli-flavoured crispy......]]> Wife for Sale! One careful, lady owner... http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=34 2009-05-16 I spent the morning trying not to whine that Hanan was nagging me to complete an email interview. I didn't succeed, but Hanan has an uncanny abi......]]> Bullet Point Blog http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=33 2009-05-09 Freedom is a State of Mind http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=32 2009-05-06 The World Unseen... http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=31 2009-05-01 Leonie Casanova Shakes It http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=30 2009-04-26 I Can't Think Straight, sent me the link to Beyonce's Single Ladies vide......]]> Stuffed http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=29 2009-04-21 So our first day back in the office, and I started playing this game with Hanan that she is entirely unconscious of, in which I try to deal with he......]]> The Hills Are Alive... http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=28 2009-04-17 I had a Swiss day. No, not running through the alps with a cuckoo clock, but ......]]> Reading? http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=27 2009-04-14 I sort of remember it. Reading books, I mean...I am kidding of course......]]> Holiday? What's a holiday? http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=26 2009-04-10 Leonie hits the radio! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=25 2009-04-06 I am excited.  We just found out that Leonie Casanova's single 'Broken' whic......]]> Munich http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=24 2009-04-04 Taming the Lion http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=23 2009-03-31 A lot of you have heard me talking about the brilliant singer-s......]]> Now I Know How Beyonce feels (OK maybe not Beyonce exactly...) http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=22 2009-03-30 Up North http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=21 2009-03-24 So the Manchester screening was a huge success, and afterwards, we were guided by......]]> Upcoming Screenings http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=13 2009-03-13 Thank you to all of you for not being one of 'them' http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=12 2009-03-10 Bonus Features - How much is Enough?! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=11 2009-03-05 Lesbian of the Year http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=10 2009-03-03 THURSDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2008

Woke up this morning to find an email from my aunt announcing that I was aftere......]]> Avoiding Facebook http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=9 2009-03-03 FRIDAY, 9 JANUARY 2009

So I have successfully avoided Facebook up until now.......]]> What I read http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=8 2009-03-03 MONDAY, 19 JANUARY 2009


People often ask me what I like to read. I should say that what I like to read and what I us......]]> Spent the day in Soho... http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=7 2009-03-03 WEDNESDAY, 28 JANUARY 2009

Spent the day in Soho. No, not raising money in dubious ways for the next film pro......]]> Hola Bilbao! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=6 2009-03-03 MONDAY, 2 FEBRUARY 2009

So we landed Sunday evening in a grey, rainy Bilbao.......]]> And the SAFTA goes to... http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=5 2009-03-03 WEDNESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2009

SAFTA night in Pretoria, South Africa, and my first challenge was getting in a......]]> The Sun Always Shines on TV http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=4 2009-03-03 WEDNESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2009


Day two ......]]> Drama, drama, drama! http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=3 2009-03-03 WEDNESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2009

So after......]]> Why you should watch Leonie Casanova's new music videos http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=2 2009-03-03 MONDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2009

 

Check out the videos on YouTube for Leonie's new singles, which will blast onto the......]]> Around The World In 80 Days http://www.enlightenment-productions.com/rssfeed.php?id=1 2009-03-03 MONDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2009

OK, so I decided I don't want to bore you......]]>