LA Film Festival 2018: Simple Wedding

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

Los Angeles Film Festival: Most Anticipated Films

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

Film Review: Earth to Echo

It’s a rare occasion for me to sit down for a film geared towards family entertainment (discounting animated films), which made Earth to Echo an interesting change of pace for me at the Los Angeles Film Festival this year. While I was engaged for much of the film, there was an inherent disconnect between what the movie

Film Review: Snowpiercer

It has taken me a couple of days to jot down thoughts on Bong Joon-ho‘s film Snowpiercer before typing this review, in part because the film that is such a jolt to the system that you need some time to recover. There’s so much to digest with the movie that you have to let it