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So this comes a bit late, but since I enjoyed the movies so much I wanted to make sure to write about them. So here are some thoughts on three other films I saw at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival. Christopher and His Kind Synopsis: In the 1930s, rising literary star Christopher Isherwood fled uptight England for the wilder shores of Berlin, and, as [...]
There were lots of really beautiful films screened at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival, I’ve already reviewed one of my favorites, Natural Selection, and now I wanted to share some thoughts for three additional films I saw: French film Tomboy, Iranian film Please Do Not Disturb, and Hong Kong film Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. _________________________________________________________________ Tomboy Synopsis: Laure is [...]
The 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival came to an end yesterday. I’ve already reviewed a few documentaries and wanted to add two more to the pile : Page One: Inside the New York Times & Salaam Dunk: _________________________________________________________________ Page One: Inside the New York Times Synopsis: In the tradition of great fly-on-the-wall documentaries, the film deftly gains unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom [...]
The 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival has just wrapped up and the winners have been announced. The winner of best feature was Familiar Ground (pictured above) and the winner of the best documentary was Wish Me Away. Check out the full official press release below: LOS ANGELES (June 26, 2011) – Today the Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times and supported [...]
“Lisa White Has Found Her Son. God Help Her.” I think this is a perfect way to start talking about NATURAL SELECTION, which I was lucky enough to see at the Los Angeles Film Festival. My curiosity about the film was peeked when I saw a clip from it (you can watch the clip in question for yourself below at the end of the review) [...]
I am moving to Brazil. That’s it. There is nothing you can do to stop me. However, I am not going there for the sunny beaches and well-tanned ladies. No, I am going so that I can learn Portuguese so that I can enjoy awesome movies like ELITE SQUAD 2: THE ENEMY WITHIN that are apparently being made there. I had an opportunity to watch [...]
I love horror movies. I watch them all the time, will watch ANYTHING that I can get my hot little hands on, and even relish those that are low budget or indie films. I was given the opportunity to watch ENTRANCE which is currently being screened at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival (for which you can follow our full coverage here). The description of [...]
An interesting category at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival is “The Beyond,” which features a combination scary/fantastic/horror type movies. I ended up seeing two films that were part of it and wanted to share a few thoughts on them: The Innkeepers and Haunters. _________________________________________________________________ The Innkeepers Synopsis: After over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. [...]
The 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival is currently taking place (until Sunday June 26) with a fresh new batch of films and documentaries. I’ve already seen quite a few films and documentaries and wanted to start our coverage with some thoughts on the three documentaries I have seen so far: Elevate, Unraveled and Paraiso For Sale: _________________________________________________________________ Elevate Synopsis: Filmed over four years, from the [...]
For the third year, Daemon’s Movies is heading to the Los Angeles Film Festival. There are a lot of great films featured this year (you can see some of the films announced here and here) and we’re really excited to be able to cover them. The LA Film Fest starts today, June 16 and will continue until Sunday, June 26. You can follow all our [...]
