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Eleven Years with Damian Lewis

Eleven years.

If you had told me on January 5, 2015, that Fan Fun with Damian Lewis would still be here eleven years later — alive, thriving, and growing — I would probably have smiled, thanked you… and secretly thought you were being very optimistic.

And yet, here we are.

Because while I may not have imagined eleven years, I do know myself well enough to say this: I persist. I am infinitely loyal. And when I love something — or someone — I show up. Every day.

That, in many ways, is the story of Fan Fun with Damian Lewis. Continue reading “Eleven Years with Damian Lewis”

TOP Damian Lewis Moments 2025: Homeland Came Back To Life – And So Did Brody

“I loved doing “Homeland,” I loved playing Brody. I’m extremely proud of who we all created together. I think he’s a tragic hero for our time. He himself embodies a cautionary tale, going right back to the beginning, about sending young men to war and the damage it can do. He had brief moments of happiness and glory, but was essentially a very unhappy figure for three years.” – Damian Lewis

One of the biggest — and honestly most surprising — Damian Lewis moments of 2025 didn’t come from a red carpet, a film premiere, or a BAFTA nomination. It came from Netflix. When Homeland, a show that ended in 2018, dropped globally this year, it suddenly climbed into Netflix’s Top 10 like it had never gone away. My inbox filled with messages. Social media lit up. People were arguing about Carrie again, bashing about Dana again, screaming about Brody again. And here on Fan Fun, something magical happened — our old Homeland posts from 2015, 2016, 2017 suddenly came alive with clicks and comments from brand new viewers and fans who returned after a decade. Twelve years after Nicholas Brody left Homeland forever, he is still very popular. And so I officially declare this revival one of Damian Lewis’ top moments of 2025, because what other actor has a character so powerful, so haunting, so emotionally catastrophic that he rises from the dead to ruin us all over again? 🙂 Continue reading “TOP Damian Lewis Moments 2025: Homeland Came Back To Life – And So Did Brody”

Watching Homeland Seasons 1-2-3 Twelve Years Later – Part II

Thank you all so much for reading my thoughts about rewatching Homeland Seasons 1–2-3…  twelve years later! I’m over the moon with how many of you checked out the post — though honestly, I can’t say I’m shocked. Homeland is suddenly back in Netflix’s Top 10, seven years after the series finale, so clearly we’re all finding our ways back to our favorite show together. I’ve been getting emails and messages from fans, and even our old Homeland posts from the early days of Fan Fun are getting tons of clicks again. It feels like a full-on revival… I am so happy!

As I told you in last week’s post, I have so much to say about my rewatch that I was not able to fit it all into one post — so welcome to Part II! Continue reading “Watching Homeland Seasons 1-2-3 Twelve Years Later – Part II”

Watching Homeland Seasons 1-2-3 After Twelve Years – Part I

I am home after surgery, supposed to rest, and “take it easy,” whatever that means. My main job is to kill time. I open Netflix.

And there it is.

Homeland.

For the first time, Homeland is on Netflix US, staring at me from the top row. I watched the entire show only once. I never rewatched it. Not a single episode. And now here I am, twelve years after that horrifying Season 3 finale, lying on the couch with time to burn… and Netflix presents me Homeland like a get-well card.

So, I click play.

A little bit of context for new readers: at a recent dinner party, we played a game. Everyone had to name three things that changed their life. My top three:

  1. The Live Aid concert in 1985 (I was 13, suddenly aware that the whole world could come together and watch the same thing).
  2. The assassination of a journalist in Turkey in 1992 (I was 20, and I learned what a state can do to its own citizens who insist on finding and reporting the truth).
  3. And… Homeland.

Yes, seriously. Homeland. Continue reading “Watching Homeland Seasons 1-2-3 After Twelve Years – Part I”

Throwback Thursday to ‘Keane’ Screening and Q&A at Film at Lincoln Center

Grasshopper films giving Lodge Kerrigan’s beautiful movie Keane a 4K restoration and bringing it back to life on big screen across the US is a highlight on its own. And when the 4K restored Keane screening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center is coupled with the director and the actor Damian Lewis intoducing the film together, watching  it with the audience and doing a lively Q&A after the screening makes it very special!

I feel very privileged to have shared that beautiful evening – full house at Francesca Beale Theater – with Mr. Kerrigan, Damian and my fellow independent movie fans. The evening felt  like a collective celebration of independent cinema. I can’t believe it’s been three years since it feels like yesterday.

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