Film Reviews & Previews
THE VAULT writer-director Dan Bush, lead actresses Taryn Manning and Francesca Eastwood, and actor Scott Haze will participate in a Q&A following the 7:30 PM screening at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theater on Thursday, August 31.
Starring James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood and Scott Haze, THE VAULT opens at the Laemmle NoHo 7 on Friday, September 1st.
TALES OF AN IMMORAL COUPLE Director Manolo Caro will participate in Q&As following the 2:40pm show at the Music Hall on Saturday, August 26 and following 1:00pm screening on Sunday, August 27 at the Playhouse 7. Actor Manuel Garcia Rulfo will join him at the Music Hall. Tickets.
TALES OF AN IMMORAL COUPLE (LA VIDA INMORAL DE LA PAREJA IDEAL) centers on Lucio and Martina, two former lovers whose passionate romance began while attending a strict Catholic high school in Mexico. Twenty-five five years later, they unexpectedly run into each other in the city of San Miguel de Allende and despite still sharing an undiminished love for one another they both pretend to be in happy marriages––even if it’s all lies. As they try to maintain their facades, a comedy of errors ensues that reveals the true reasons why the couple ended up separating in the first place.
Kristen Stewart will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30pm screening of THE 2017 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SHORT FILM TOUR on Friday, August 25th at our Ahrya Fine Arts in Beverly Hills.
Her short film COME SWIM is one of seven short films featured in the program.
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from this year’s Festival, widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launch pad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years. Including fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, the 2017 program offers new audiences a taste of what the Festival offers, from laugh-out-loud comedy to contemplative reflections of the world we live in.
Tickets are available here.
UNREST filmmaker-subject Jennifer Brea and her husband Omar Wasow will participate in a Q&A after the 7:10 PM screening at the Monica Film Center on Friday, September 29, moderated by Susan King.
UNREST producer Alysa Nahmias and editor Kim Roberts will participate in a Q&A following the 7:20 PM screening at the Playhouse on Saturday, September 30. Filmmaker Grace Lee will moderate.
On October 2, Ms. Brea will participate in an impact panel with Carol Head (president of SOLVE ME/CFS) and Linda Tannenbaum (president of Open Medicine Foundation).
Ms. Brea will do a Q&A after the 7:10 show at the Monica Film Center on 10/3 moderated by filmmaker Kimberly Pierce (‘Boys Don’t Cry’).
Ms. Brea will do a solo Q&A after the 7:20 show on 10/5 at the Playhouse.
GHOST HOUSE writer-director Rich Ragsale, writer Kevin Ragsdale and actors James Landry Hebert and Scout Taylor-Compton will participate in a Q&A at the Royal after the 9:55 PM screening.
The SIDEMEN director and special guests will participate in Q&A’s at the NoHo after the 7:50 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, August 25 and 26, and after the 5:40 PM screening on Sunday, August 27.
8/25: Scott Rosenbaum/Director, Robben Ford/Musician, Tony Grazia/Producer, Jasin Cadic/Producer, Fabrizio Grossi/Composer and Executive Producer.
8/26: Scott Rosenbaum/Director, Gary Allegretto/Musician, Jasin Cadic/Producer, Tony Grazia/Producer, Fabrizio Grossi/Composer and Executive Producer
8/27: Scott Rosenbaum/Director, Kenny Aronoff/Musician, Jasin Cadic/Producer, Tony Grazia/Produce, Fabrizio Grossi/Composer and Executive Producer.
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CARL JACKSON’S THE JESUS FREAK director Carl Jackson will participate in a Q&A after the 7:20 PM screening at the Music Hall on Tuesday, August 29.
ENGLAND IS MINE producer Orian Williams will participate in a Q&A after the first evening screening at the Monica Film Center on Friday, September 1.