This post was supposed to have gone up two weeks ago but when the Great Domain Name Crash of 2016 came I lost all the progress and couldn’t update the site with anything new. I enjoyed that this LA Film Fest forced me to do a decent amount of research into the films I was
Hello from a tired individual at the LA Film Festival. This has been both a fun and exhausting thing to cover, as with most festivals. Anyways, I’ve seen some pretty good films lately and decided that I should tell you about them. Below you will find capsule reviews of three projects that all provided me
“DAMN, THIS IS SOME SCURRY SHIT!” These immortal words were uttered by Regina Hall in the first Scary Movie film and after watching Beyond the Gates I thought immediately back upon these words. Beyond the Gates is indeed one scurry movie, managing to be a demented version of Jumanji, an homage to 80s movies, and
Sometimes when you walk into a multiplex and decide to see a film, you happen to experience a film that seemed tailor-made for your viewing tastes. Opening Night is one such film that seems to have been created solely for me. Backstage story? Check. People bursting into song when it suits them? Check. JC Chasez
What happens when a filmmaker struggles to make intangible things tangible? Well in the case of Namour, the debut feature from Heidi Saman, you can have a disjointed film. However, it can also snap you right into focus when things are going right, making you long as an audience member for those strong moments and cling
One of the most underrated film festivals out there is the Los Angeles Film Festival. Always boasting a unique mix of indie films and bigger pictures, the festival, put on by Film Independent, has a really fun spirit. This year’s festival sees the group pushing further into the realm of digital space, while also making