Simple Wedding is such a breath of fresh air to experience during a film festival. Unique walks of life are not unfamiliar things to witness during the LA Film Festival, although I can confidently say I have never seen a film like this one, despite using some familiar tropes. Nousha (Tara Grammy) is at the
The Los Angeles Film Festival is back and in a new twist, in the fall. Normally a welcome respite from the summer heat, Film Independent shifted the festival to September this year, putting it right in-between some of the major fall festivals. What does that mean for this year’s slate? Well by the looks of
The summer movie season is normally filled with loud blockbuster movies, but it’s one of the quiet ones that’s actually making some noise. We the Animals, the adaptation of the wonderful book, hit screens this weekend. For director Jeremiah Zagar, it was the culmination of a long, rewarding process. I recently spoke with the director
Netflix seems to always be adding a new tally in it’s win box, but it has truly been on a roll with romantic comedies. From The Kissing Booth to Set It Up, the media company has shown a willingness to sheperd and develop a genre that seems to have fallen out with major studios. Alongside
The word wow was created for films like Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the sterling sixth entry in the franchise led by Tom Cruise. It’s thrilling in all the right ways, inventive in many others, and the perfect summer blockbuster film. If you were worried the franchise might be showing its age, let me assuage your
There are films that one will watch where you are completely enamored with the concept and will continue to slog through a movie’s underachievement with that concept. This is certainly what I was going through while watching Ideal Home, the recently released film in which Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan play husbands who have a