Report from LAFF
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‘The Chaperone’ Film Review: Jazz Era Coming-of-Age Story Could Use More Flap
Haley Lu Richardson steals the show in this period piece adapted by “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes
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‘The Oath’ Film Review: Ike Barinholtz’s Directorial Debut Spins a Timely, Messy Political Parable
The first half of the writer-director-star’s comedy nails the zeitgeist before the narrative loses its way
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‘Nomis’ Film Review: Henry Cavill Hunts Predators, Catches a Trashy Thriller
Los Angeles Film Festival 2018: Despite a stellar cast, this sex-crimes mystery about cops, creeps, vigilantes and profilers is a bunch of serial killer clichés slapped together
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‘Lights Out’ LAFF Review: Haunted House Spookfest Is More On Than Off
First time feature filmmaker David F. Sandberg expands on his viral video sensation about a terror seen only in the dark — and finds genre fun, if not necessarily genuine scares
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Mary-Louise Parker to Join ‘The Blacklist’ in Season 2
Comic-Con 2014: NBC announces Emmy winner will guest star alongside James Spader in Season 2 premiere
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LA Film Fest Journeys Into Music’s Lost and Found
"Ballads, Blues and Bluegrass," "Searching for Sugar Man" and "Neil Young Journeys" are among the fascinating musical films at the Los Angeles Film Festival
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‘Brave’ Premiere Shows Off Dolby Theatre – and Pixar’s Hopes for a Recovery
The grand opening of the Dolby Theatre unveils "Brave," the least Pixar-like movie Pixar has ever made
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Military Rape Documentary ‘Invisible War’ Leads to Policy Changes Before Its Opening
"The Invisible War," director Kirby Dick's documentary about rape in the U.S. military, has been screened agressively for military leaders — and led the Defense Department to make changes
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Cinedigm’s Chris McGurk at LAFF: Never Mind the Slump, We’re In for an Indie Renaissance
Delivering the Los Angeles Film Festival's keynote address, Cinedigm CEO Chris McGurk points to seven signs of a coming independent film boom
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Woody Allen Comes to L.A. Film Fest With a Fun Movie – But Is ‘To Rome With Love’ Any Good?
Director Woody Allen makes a rare trip to Los Angeles for the North American premiere of "To Rome With Love," and warns the audience that the fun he had making it might not translate
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5 Reasons to Go Downtown for the LA Film Festival
Downtown L.A. might be a trek for some Westsiders, but the Los Angeles Film Festival is flourishing there
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William Friedkin, Danny Elfman Join LA Film Fest Lineup
William Friedkin is named LAFF guest artistic director, Danny Elfman, Michael Voltaggio and Raphael Saadiq artists-in-residence; "Breaking Bad" to be saluted as well
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‘Familiar Ground,’ ‘Wish Me Away’ Win Top LAFF Awards
Deadpan comedy and Chely Wright doc win jury awards; “Attack the Block” takes top audience prize
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James Franco’s New Movie: Tough Poetry, Graphic Sex
“It’s not ‘Pineapple Express,’” warns actor-director Franco when he introduces his Hart Crane biopic