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LAFF 2014: Lake Los Angeles
The gap between the allure of American refuge and the actual plight of those who immigrate here empty-handed is movingly portrayed in Mike Ott’s Lake Los Angeles. Entirely in Spanish, the film is slow and intentional, with breakout performances by its two leads. The film...
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LAFF 2014: Frank
Saturday at the Los Angeles Film Festival has been full of laughers, but the quirkiest among them is likely Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank. The film first premiered at Sundance in January and will get a limited release in August. Following musician...
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LAFF 2014: Comet
First time director, Sam Esmail, may not have picked especially uncharted territory for his directorial debut Comet, which focuses on the rocky relationship of an oddly paired couple, but his storytelling technique reflects the perspective of an enlightened and...
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First Image: Tom Hardy Plays Dual Roles in ‘Legend’
Shooting for the new 50s & 60s-set period gangster piece Legend, starring Tom Hardy in dual roles. Based on the non-fiction John Pearson book “The Profession Of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins,” Legend stars Hardy...
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LAFF 2014: Inner Demons
The words “twist on the found footage genre” are among the most cringeworthy you’ll find in a movie review these days. If anyone has found any new way of twisting found footage it’ll probably be laughably implausible, and since the found...
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Trailer: The Interview
In Seth Rogen‘s 2nd film as director, he and writing partner Evan Goldberg are taking the act to one of the least funny places in the world, North Korea. In The Interview, Rogen plays Aaron Rapoport, TV Producer of...
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Josh Brolin Joins George Clooney in Coen Bros Film
As the Coen Brothers continue to put together their follow-up to last year’s Inside Llewyn Davis, the enticing details about Hail, Caesar! have begun to stack up. Now set to join George Clooney in the film’s main cast is...
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Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe to star in Shane Black’s Next Film?
Fresh off his biggest success ever at the box-office in Iron Man 3, director Shane Black is pursuing an Oscar winner & an Oscar nominee to star in his follow-up film. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling are in talks...
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Trailer: Birdman
Ominous, awash in blue, and unexpectedly epic-looking, Alejandro González Iñárritu‘s upcoming Birdman has an heir of something special from the looks of its first trailer. With a star-studded cast lead by Michael Keaton, Birdman follows a washed-up actor (Keaton),...
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New International Trailer for Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Zero Theorem’
Dangled before us since early last year, Terry Gilliam’s highly anticipated next film The Zero Theorem has a new international trailer that continues to tantalize us. With a vague “Summer 2014” expected US release, the film follows Qohen Leth, played...
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LAFF 2014: The Ever After
Writer turned director Mark Webber is only 34 years old, his wife of a few months, Teresa Palmer, is 28. Incredibly young and newlywed for the level of drama they face in Webber’s latest directorial endeavor which involves him...
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LAFF 2014: Runoff
Films set in the Midwest have the perfect background for the slow delivery of a well told story. A natural element of the setting I suppose. Competing in LAFF’s Narrative Competition is the slow and mesmerizing Runoff. Starting with...
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LAFF 2014 Opening Night: Snowpiercer
The 20th Los Angeles Film Festival has begun! Despite its location in the heart of the film industry in downtown Los Angeles, and the now 20 years it has under its belt, the LA Film Fest hasn’t yet joined the ranks...
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GKIDS to Distribute Brazilian Animated Film ‘The Boy and the World’
Those who have an appetite for smaller-scale, hand-drawn animation certainly know about GKIDS. The distribution company has released many great animated films over the past few years, including underseen Oscar nominees A Cat in Paris, Chico & Rita and Ernest & Celestine (which...
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