Film Festivals

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  • Short Cut

    It’s always advisable to see at least one batch of shorts during a festival. It’s rare that we get to see them on a big screen and that the filmmakers get to see them with an audience. Plus, it’s the...

  • Walking the Walk

    So, after a few days away I arrive in Westwood nice and early having taken the bus, and am ready to dig back into the festival. The village is relatively quiet with only a few events sprinkled across the afternoon...

  • Rapid Transit

    My friend Matthew and I took the Metro Rapid 720 to the opening night film last week. Downtown to Westwood in 40 minutes with short waits both coming and going. Friday-Sunday I drove and though traffic and parking weren’t a...

  • The Art of More

    OK, I finally saw something contemporary. Very contemporary. In fact, it’s so new there is footage shot in Feb. 2008. Anything L.A.-related catches my attention so I was naturally drawn to Harry Kim’s documentary, “Dirty Hands: The Life and Crimes...

  • Return to Silverado?

    A couple of random thoughts from Friday’s “Silverado” screening: The first question from moderator Elvis Mitchell concerned the film’s last line, “We’ll be back,” long a point of conjecture among the film’s fans hoping for a sequel. But co-writer/director...

  • The Direct Approach

    I must say that the Coffee Talks may be my favorite part of LAFF. I hadn’t attended any since the festival moved to Westwood a few years ago but I eagerly made my way this morning to the W Hotel...

  • Avenue of the Apes

    Tomorrow, I vow am going to try to see a movie made in the 21st Century. Tonight, events conspire to land me at the Charlton Heston Tribute/40th Anniversary screening of “Planet of the Apes.” This was the original “Planet of...

  • Jake, Emmett, Mal and Paden Ride Again

    In the early 1980s, Lawrence Kasdan was hands-down my favorite screenwriter. With “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Body Heat,” “Return of the Jedi” and “The Big Chill,” he’d proven himself to be genre master whose grasp...

  • Opening Night

    The festival kicked off in grand fashion tonight with the premiere of Universal's "Wanted," starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie. The warm weather brought out lots of girls in their summer dresses to the intersection...

  • Welcome to the LA Film Festival Blog

    Watch this space for on-scene reports from the 2008 LA film festival by Kevin Crust.
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