AFI Fest Review: ‘James White’
A devastatingly well acted drama about end of life and self-destruction, featuring a breakout performance from Christopher Abbott.
AFI Fest Review: ‘Funny Bunny’
Olly Alexander makes this dark comedy a good festival pick, and perfect for those with a taste for eccentric films.
AFI FEST 2015
As each fall season brings the year’s Academy Award-vying Oscar hopeful films, so to brings AFI FEST 2015 presented by Audi, which CINEMACY attended this former weekend. Held in the heart of Hollywood at (formerly Grauman’s) TCL Chinese Theatre, the film festival features an impressive range of diverse films and special events, where new American Independent films play alongside documentaries from the Netherlands and feature-length narratives from China, and beyond. The festival’s opening night film this past Thursday was the highly anticipated drama 'By The Sea', directed by Angelina Jolie who also co-stars alongside her husband, Brad Pitt. READ MORE...
Review,Film Festival,LA Film Festival
‘Victoria’ Review: This Single-take Film Will Blow You Away
The single-shot film about a runaway party girl plays the entire emotional spectrum and will sweep audiences off their feet.
Review,Film Festival,LA Film Festival
Review: ‘The Final Girls’
Jabbing at the various slasher and general movie tropes, this horror/comedy hybrid provides a fun, self-aware movie going experience.
Interview,Film Festival,LA Film Festival
Thalente Biyela and Natalie Johns on ‘I Am Thalente’
"It is still really hard to believe all that has happened in my life, where I am and how far I've come." -Thalente Biyela
Review,Film Festival,LA Film Festival
Review: ‘The Babushkas of Chernobyl’
Documentaries of this caliber do not come around often, and this fascinating film is worth noting with high esteem.
Interview,Film Festival,LA Film Festival
The Cast of ‘Band of Robbers’
We catch up with the eccentric and hilarious cast on the red carpet minutes before the film's World Premiere.
Review,Film Festival,LA Film Festival
Review: ‘Too Late’
The mostly single-take scenes lift director Dennis Hauck's first feature, that chooses to live in the wings of noir homage.
Review,Film Festival,LA Film Festival
Review: ‘Day Out of Days’
A lofty yet realistic portrayal of trying to survive in Hollyweird, Zoe Cassavetes uses the city as her playground to tell this intimate story of an aging actress.
Review,Film Festival,LA Film Festival
Review: ‘3rd Street Blackout’
A city-wide blackout brings a scandal to light in the relationship of two technology-obsessed, New York City hipsters in this indie comedy.
Review,Film Festival,LA Film Festival
Review: ‘What Lola Wants’
Motel-stop make-outs and convenience store stick-ups make this romance heist movie a colorful and rousing watch.
Review,Film Festival,LA Film Festival
Review: ‘Catching The Sun’
Residents in Richmond, CA discover how their investment in solar energy can benefit the community and the environment at large.
Article,Film FestivalLA Film Festival
THE 7 BEST THINGS HAPPENING AT LAFF 2015
74 feature films. 60 short films. 50+ new media works from 35 countries. This year's Los Angeles Film Festival is about to get real. Monday's pre-festival screening of Dope kicked off the Los Angeles Film Festival, setting the bar high for the rest of the week. The Rick Famuyiwa-directed, Shameik Moore-starring high school comedy not only continues to draw praise from the critics- it premiered at Sundance- but it also drew a large number of celebrity attendees. And despite what you've read on gossip sites, it was not all about Kylie Jenner. READ MORE...
Review,Film Festival,Sundance Film Festival
Review: ‘Racing Extinction’, ‘Brooklyn’, ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’, ‘Slow West’, ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’
The final days of Sundance bring the best of the best: an endangered species documentary, a sweeping romance drama, and three unique Dramatic Prize winners that took the festival by storm.
