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FirstGlance Film Festival Hollywood

FirstGlance Films has been helping independent filmmakers for 12 years, and their knack for getting the best visual media to...

Sarah Bennett

Film Interviews

Billy Samoa Saleebey

In the grand tradition of movies like Go and Gregg Araki’s Nowhere comes a new film steeped in the most popular aspect of ’90s...

Ebony March

Film Interviews

Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox

The dictionary doesn’t come in handy much anymore. Words are sporadically created without any hint of what they might mean....

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

State of Play

In fashion, women are advised to accessorize then remove one piece of jewelry before they walk out the door. That way, no one...

Ebony March

Film Movie Reviews

The Garden

There once was an oasis in South Central Los Angeles. Formed after the L.A. riots in 1992, the 14-acre community garden at 41st...

Candice Winters

Film Projections

Seventh Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

Hollywood, Schmollywood. This weekend, it’s all about Indian filmmaking. Despite our hometown’s history with the...

Sarah Bennett

Film Interviews

Tyson

It was 1985. Director James Toback was on the set of The Pick Up Artist when he met a bulky yet athletic young man. Only a few...

Parimal M. Rohit

Film Interviews

Ali Larter

For Ali Larter, the Schwab’s soda fountain counter of the new millennium can be summed up in three little words: whipped...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Interviews

Rad Girls Go Live

If you haven’t seen the “Rad Girls” show, get ready for some all-girl wild stunts and crazy feminine antics. Past pranks have...

Jason R. Martinez

Film Interviews

The Soloist

It’s a rare thing to take an afternoon drive through Los Angeles, even a short distance, without being greeted by dirty faces,...

Candice Winters

Film TV Time

Requiem for A Gilmore Girl

Gone are the Monday morning chats my friends and I would have about the exploits of Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte....

Yuri Shimoda

Film Interviews

Crank: High Voltage

What else could you possibly need for a good time? Jason Statham and Amy Smart are back for another amped up thrill ride in...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Movie Reviews

Is Anybody There?

I think it was Leonardo da Vinci who once said that instead of learning how to live, we all are learning how to die. I’ve...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Ballerina

The documentary Ballerina takes as its subject matter the lives of five prima ballerinas who dance with the world famous Mariinsky...

Dov Rudnick

Film Movie Reviews

Lymelife

According to Wikipedia, Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that’s transferred by...

Farnaz Youshei

Film Movie Reviews

Gigantic

In a very short amount of time, Paul Dano has become one of the premier actors of his generation. His storied film career began...

Ebony March

Film Movie Reviews

American Violet

Hollywood churns out a huge amount of flicks based on actual events each year, but once in while audiences are treated to a gem,...

Samantha Ofole

Film Interviews

Beer Wars

Beer Wars is a tale about the David versus Goliath-like struggle going on in today’s beer industry between small, independent...

Amy Sommer

Film Interviews

Enlighten Up

“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” —Author Unknown It sounded like a reasonable...

Natasha Desianto

Film Interviews

Every Little Step

Every Broadway show has a story behind it, and “A Chorus Line,” the legendary Tony-winning Broadway music and dance...

Bonnie Priever

Film Interviews

17 Again

“If I only knew then what I know now.” From that simple cliché, 17 Again, a film many people are heralding...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Projections

Bike Night

Bike-centric events are becoming so popular in our spread out, smogged up city that to buffer between the Long Beach Bicycle...

Sarah Bennett

Film Movie Reviews

The Song of Sparrows

Persian movies can usually be categorized into two groups: those that are made solely for entertainment and those that carry...

Farnaz Youshei

Film Movie Reviews

Forbidden Lie$

Controversy always sells. There was an incident a few years ago when author James Frey wrote a best-selling, critically acclaimed,...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

To be quite honest, I have never been a fan of the documentary. I can appreciate it, enjoy its splendor, but when it comes time...

Candice Winters

Film Projections

PALEYFEST09

OK, so they’re not movies, but watching episodes of your favorite TV shows at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood is...

Sarah Bennett

Film Interviews

Observe and Report

Seth Rogen is perhaps the least likely leading man to come down the pike since Dustin Hoffman. Much like Hoffman in Midnight...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film TV Time

Josh Schwartz

He’s done for television what Woody Allen did for neurotic New Yorkers. Now, producer extraordinaire, Josh Schwartz is...

Ebony March

Film Interviews

Veering Off Path

As college students, sticking to the plan is what we’re good at. First we (or mom and dad) make a plan (e.g. Graduate,...

Christopher Agutos

Film Interviews

Dragonball

Based on the insanely popular manga series, Dragonball arrives in theaters with a mountain of expectations riding on the cast...

Sasha Perl-Raver