Welcome to Hollywood and the AFIFest Presented by Audi. This is an amzing festival that brings together some of the world best filmmakers and new talent bringing fresh voices to the cinema. To be sure, there are more movies than anyone can get to, which makes me appreciate the programmers? job of finding the best of the best.
Addiction can tear apart families and ruin lives. Often the bonds of love lead people to try to help in whatever way they can. But those bonds can be fragile. Beautiful Boy is the story of a family that had to deal over a period of years with an addict who just couldn?t seem to be able to break away from his dependency
Just before what is generally thought of as ?awards season? comes the American Film Institute?s AFIFEST presented by Audi.
Directed by Olivia Martin-McGuire, China Love?takes us on a billion-dollar ride of fantasy-exploring, contemporary China through the window of the pre-wedding photography industry. Following couples as they navigate love, weddings and family in preparation for their upcoming marriage, the film also highlights the incredible changes taking place in a nation that is searching for the…
Based on the memoir of Garrard Conley, and written and directed by Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased?is based on a true story that shows us the struggle of coming out, particularly in a religious home, and the dangers of conversion therapy. Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) was the son of a pastor and grew up in a…
Ron Stallworth is the first black officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department in the 1970s, and while assigned to the intelligence division, he calls the number for the local Klu Klux Klan. Invited to the chapter, Stallworth puts his Jewish co-worker up to impersonating him at the meeting. Before too long, the black man…
Time Freak tells a story as old as time – a geeky, hyper intelligent young man loses his beautiful girlfriend and struggles to find ways to win her back. The difference in Andrew Bowler?s film? The scientific savant uses time travel to try and change the outcome of their breakup, often to hilarious results. Starring…
Amanda Stenberg is all over movie screens thanks to the debut of?The Hate U Give?but home media seekers can find her now in?The Darkest Minds, the film based on Alexandra Brackens’ young adult series about young people with strange gifts. After disease kills off the majority of the Earth’s children, the surviving children develop new…
Paul Becker is a choreographer, but don?t assume that means he is solely involved in putting dancers through their paces. Involved in choreographing scenes on television (Riverdale, Once Upon a Time) and films (Suckerpunch, Deadpool, Ralph Breaks the Internet), Becker has now moved forward with a career directing films. With his debut, Breaking Brooklyn, Becker…
Audiences have fascinations with films about sharks. Whether it’s?Jaws,?The Shallows,?or Sharknado, the track record is off the charts. But I am not one of those people who shares the fascination because?I really like the ocean! So, with a mix of trepidation and fear, overcome by my Jason Statham fandom, I watched?The Meg, which was a…
