Review: ‘Catching The Sun’

Residents in Richmond, CA discover how their investment in solar energy can benefit the community and the environment at large.

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: ‘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.

Review: ‘How To Dance in Ohio’, ‘The Chinese Mayor’

Day 9 at Sundance brings two documentaries; a look at teenagers with autism preparing for their first prom and a Chinese government's dealings with politics and the displacement of its people.

Review: ‘People Places Things’, ‘Don Verdean’, ‘Songs My Brother Taught Me’, ‘Z for Zachariah’

Days 7 & 8 at Sundance focused on the US Dramatic film category, featuring 'People Places Things', 'Don Verdean', 'Songs My Brother Taught Me', and 'Z for Zachariah'.

Review: ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’, ‘Ivy’, ‘Welcome to Leith’, ‘Most Likely to Succeed’, ‘Zipper’

Nelson's back with five film recaps from Sundance- 2 documentaries, 2 narrative dramas, and 1 experimental film- and you'll never guess which one he's calling his festival favorite.

Review: ‘Hot Girls Wanted’, ‘It Follows’, ‘White God’

Besides helping Kristen Wiig with directions, Nelson spends day 3 & 4 watching the porn industry exposé Hot Girls Wanted, midnight horror film It Follows and the highly anticipated dog epic White God.

Review: ‘The Hunting Ground’, ‘Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution’, ‘Ten Thousand Saints’

Nelson takes us through Day 2 of the festival, catching two documentaries (one about college campus rape, another on the Black Panthers) and the world premiere of the drama Ten Thousand Saints.