By: debbie lynn elias A noteworthy film that truly celebrates the diversity and eclectic nature of Los Angeles comes compliments of renowned photographer turned first-time director, Amanda Marsalis. ECHO PARK stars Mamie Gummer, Anthony Okungbawa and a delightful new young talent in Ricky Rico as it explores the life of
By: debbie lynn elias When we last saw the gang back in 2012, they were hanging out in downtown Culver City, shooting hoops, hitting Happy Hour at Rush Street and wrecking havoc and hilarity at every turn in “Think Like A Man”. Employing all the tricks of the dating trade
Yep. You read it right. This is the 20th Annual Los Angeles Film Festival. Running from June 11th to 19th, this is a big anniversary for LA’s favorite and biggest film fest. 20 years. When I look over the list of filmmakers and actors presenting films this year, I can’t
By: debbie lynn elias Since the 2008 release of Choke, Clark Gregg’s writing/directing debut feature based on the Chuck Palahniuk novel of the same name, on every occasion Clark and I have had the chance to chat, I always asked him the same question – When are you going to direct
By: debbie lynn elias If all I knew of Clark Gregg was his writing and directorial work of a few years ago with his adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s Choke, and now again with his stepping behind and in front of the camera as well as penning the original script of
By: debbie lynn elias Leave it to the boys from Down Under to deliver a riveting, neo-noir thriller that keeps you on the psychological edge of your seat with more has more twists and turns than the region’s Nerang River and Great Dividing Range. Elevating his skills as a storyteller
By: debbie lynn elias Emotionally gritty and tinged with the beauty of a drug infused dreamscape, MALORY & NICOLE is a momentary yet intimate look at the hope that comes with the dawn of a new day and the descent into darkness that comes with the night, speaking loudly through
By: debbie lynn elias There’s something about a film that captures the essence of an era or time so succinctly that within the first few frames or the first bar of scoring, one is transported through the sensory ethos to a place of childhood dreams, a simpler time, a hopeful
By: debbie lynn elias Be she known as the “evil fairy” who casts a spell on the infant princess Aurora dooming her to die when she pricks her finger on a spinning wheel in Charles Perrault’s La Belle au bois dormant or in the Brothers Grimm Dornröschen (Little Briar Rose),
By: debbie lynn elias I don’t know about you, but when the opening shot of a film boasts Emma Thompson hoisting a very large and very shaken martini immediately followed by Pierce Brosnan sidling into frame and elegantly sipping the same, you’ve more than got my attention. Add a beautifully
