by James Rocchi | Dec 17, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Features, Reviews, Staff Picks
I could preamble all of this with the expected and the even-handed — some think 2013 was a great year for film, some think it was not; here are some films you have most certainly heard of, and here are a few you’re invited to reconsider — but all...
by James Rocchi | Dec 9, 2013 | Interviews, Podcast
In a special The Lunch Podcast recorded literally right after Sunday’s L.A. Film Critic’s Awards Voting Meeting, James is joined by fellow LAFCA members Alonso Duralde (The Wrap), Amy Nicholson (L.A. Weekly and Karina Longworth (Freelance) to talk not only about the...
by Noah Walden | Dec 3, 2013 | News
David O. Russell, who, you may recall, had some awards-season success with last year’s Silver Linings Playbook, looks to be on track for another season of trophies with American Hustle. Russell re-teams with his Playbook pairing of Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley...
by David F Walker | Dec 1, 2013 | Features, News, What's Hot
Watching director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, it was impossible to keep my mind from wandering to Lelia Moore. Lelia was born a slave some time in the mid-1830s, and by 1850 she was the property of John Douglas Hancock. In 1855, while she was still in her late...