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AFI Fest 2019 Preview: 5 Can't Miss Picks from Hollywood's Biggest Fest
With the demise of LA Film Fest (R.I.P.), AFI Fest now holds the title of solo champion for high profile Los Angeles film festivals. A few things have changed this year -- most notably it's free ticket model -- but...
70s Rewind: THE BIG FIX, Sleepy Times Are Over
Richard Dreyfuss stars as a former radical turned mellow private detective in Los Angeles who finally wakes up.
Hey LA! Want to See HEATHERS at the Ace with Vidiots?
Hey Los Angeles! Our good friends at Vidiots are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Daniel Waters and Michael Lehmann classic Heathers with a screening at the Ace Theatre on Thursday April 18th at 8pm. The screening will be followed...
Win Tickets to Alamo Drafthouse Los Angeles I, TONYA Outdoor Screening with Tonya Harding
Angelenos have been waiting years and years for the opening date announcement of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in their fair city. The wait continues (it's currently estimated as second quarter 2019), but the good folks at the Alamo have some...
LA Asian Pacific Film Fest 2018: ScreenAnarchy Makes 6 Can't Miss Picks
It's been a few years since we previewed the LA Asian Pacific Film Fest (aka VC Fest), but we just had to dive in this year with such a great lineup. Screenings kick off tonight and run through next Thursday...
Fantasia 2017 Review: LOWLIFE Confidently Infuses Absurdity With Heart
As a snappily dressed Luchador intensely monologues his desires and legacy to the camera, we are unsure of exactly who his audience is, and the movie withholds the answer to maxim effect. A dirty Immigrations Officer and a scuzzy surgeon...
Toronto 2016 Review: MESSAGE FROM THE KING Mixes Old School And Global Contemporary Masculinity Into Neo-Noir
Arriving fresh into LAX with only the clothes on his back, some cash in his pocket and a South African passport, Jacob King is given the full interrogation by the customs officials, "Are you working? Are you staying with family?...
Film Invasion L.A. Lineup Announced
Los Angeles, CA - August 22, 2016 - The official lineup for the inaugural Film Invasion L.A festival has been announced. Film Invasion L.A. is a film festival that brings the work of great filmmakers together and injects them into...
Sundance Next Fest 2016 Preview: Indie Film Indulgence Descends on DTLA
One of the coolest events in downtown LA the past few summers has been Sundance's version of a fun festival weekend: Sundance Next Fest. While Next Fest may not be the high-powered industry fest that its wintertime sibling is, it...
Sundance Next Fest Lineup Descends on DTLA
Sundance has done a great job of evolving their Next Fest Los Angeles mini film festival into a film and music-filled weekend at downtown LA's trendy Ace hotel and theater. This year's fest runs August 12-14 and the list of...
Review: CITY OF GOLD, Discovering Los Angeles By Eating
Do you still live in the city where you grew up? I was born and raised in Los Angeles, spending most of my time in the suburban communities of the San Fernando Valley before moving away in 1984. When I...
AFI Fest 2015: Top Prizes To LAND AND SHORE, MUSTANG, JAMES WHITE, MA, And LANDFILL HARMONIC
The 2015 edition of AFI Fest wraps up tonight with the gala premiere of The Big Short. But before things get swept up at Hollywood & Highland, the festival has announced its Jury and Audience Awards for this year's fest....
AFI Fest 2015: VR Tech Showcase Takes Place This Weekend
There's no doubt that "Virtual Reality" and "Immersive Storytelling" are buzzworthy terms in media these days. With consumer-ready VR setups just around the corner and first-person narratives (like Hardcore) already arriving, it feels like we are right on the precipice...
AFI Fest 2015 Preview: ScreenAnarchy Picks 10 Top Films
AFI Fest is descending on Hollywood once again and thankfully, Audi is back on board to make all of the screenings FREE (if you can scoop up tix). The fest starts Thursday 11/5 and runs through 11/12. But what to...
Warsaw 2015 Interview: Director Sean Baker Talks TANGERINE, Social Awareness And Smartphone Filmmaking
The director of Tangerine (read Ben Umstead´s review) shot on a shoestring budget and entirely on an iPhone 5s, Sean Baker would probably not have guessed that his indie darling would end up in Oscars talks when he premiered the film...
Hey LA Genre Hounds! Check Out Beyond Fest 2015's Full Slate
With a stat like "the highest attended genre film festival in the US," Beyond Fest has every right to call itself LA's biggest Genre Festival. Well the good folks at all the wonderful organizations that put on Beyond Fest (that...
Sundance NextFest 2015 Interview: Programmer Charlie Reff Talks LA's Event-Driven Fest
Sundance NextFest kicks off in Downtown LA today (if you missed our preview, check it out here) and Sundance Senior Programmer Charlie Reff took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to chat with us about what we're calling...
Sundance NextFest 2015 Preview: LA's Most Innovative Fest Ramps Up
You have got to hand it to the good folks at Sundance. As if having the most important festival on the US indie calendar wasn't enough, they go and create one of the most innovative and interesting mini-festivals happening today....
Review: TANGERINE Pops With Verve And Vérité
On the streets of Los Angeles sunlight seems to move differently than in most places. It blazes, arching across the sky, like a banshee spreading its wings. From behind the wheel of your car, inching forward in the hellion-marked traffic...
Sundance NEXT FEST Lineup Of Movies And Music Announced
Now in its third year, Los Angeles's own Sundance NEXT FEST has just announced their lineup for the 2015 edition taking place August 7-9. The fest kicks off with a Cinespia Cemetery screening of ScreenAnarchy fave Cop Car on August...
