By: debbie lynn elias Can’t get enough of Brie Larson or Kaitlyn Dever at Los Angeles Film Festival 2013? Looking for more of rising star Miles Teller? See a completely different side of all three as they join Shailene Woodley in THE SPECTACULAR NOW, a wonderful coming of age story
By: debbie lynn elias Most of us remember the events that led the news and marred New Year’s Day 2009 when an Oakland BART officer shot and killed Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale Station. A young man who loved his family and friends and was trying to do the right
By: debbie lynn elias Leading the charge in the Documentary Competition at Los Angeles Film Festival 2013 and a film which goes beyond even being a “Must See” is MY STOLEN REVOLUTION. There’s simply no excuse to not see it. The #1 “Must See” documentary choice of myself and LAFF
By: debbie lynn elias Not only an emotionally immersive cultural experience, THE PATIENCE STONE packs an elegant emotional punch that just assails you like a bullet to the neck. Writer/director Atiq Rahimi together with co-writer Jean-Claude Carriere, adapt Rahimi’s best-selling novel of the same name with such poetic allegory as
By: debbie lynn elias I can’t remember a year of Los Angeles Film Festival with such a spectacular line-up of international films as this year and one that really makes the grade as a “Must See” festival film is WADJDA. Talk about breaking the glass ceiling! And I’m not just
By: debbie lynn elias My #1 Must See Festival Film at Los Angeles Film Festival 2013 and hot contender in the Narrative Competition making its world premiere at LAFF is GOODBYE WORLD. A timely apocalyptic drama that’s intelligent and thought provoking, GOODBYE WORLD bodes a cast led by Adrian Grenier
By: debbie lynn elias Part of the Summer Showcase at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival, there’s nothing short term about the effects of SHORT TERM 12. An unexpected delight, there’s a lightness to the serious subject, at-risk teens in the foster care system – but the story has such
By: debbie lynn elias Wielding some magic of its own at the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival is Sebastian Silva’s CRYSTAL FAIRY. Any film that has dialogue within the first few moments of the opening scene that describes “Chilean cocaine as not really that good” sets itself up as an
By: debbie lynn elias A “Must See” for all Los Angeles 2013 Film Fest goers, and one that I know all my fellow NASA space tweeps will embrace, is EUROPA REPORT. Written by Philip Gelatt and directed by Sebastian Cordero, EUROPA REPORT takes the science that we know and have
By: debbie lynn elias A real charmer making it a “Must See” at Los Angeles Film Festival 2013 is FOREV. A contender in the Narrative Competition, FOREV comes to LAFF courtesy of Molly Green and James Leffler who make their feature film debut. Finding this film late in the game,
