by Noah Walden | Jan 3, 2014 | News
Original screenplay: “American Hustle” (written by Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell) “Blue Jasmine” (Woody Allen) “Dallas Buyers Club” (Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack) “Her” (Spike Jonze) “Nebraska” (Bob Nelson) Adapted screenplay: “August: Osage County” (Tracy...
by Noah Walden | Dec 30, 2013 | News, What's Hot
Is it fair to compare a lesbian love story told by a Tunisian-French director to a documentary about a wave of killings in Indonesia in which the still living assailants recreate the scenes of slaughter? Or to state which is definitively better; the tale of man sold...
by Don Kaye | Dec 20, 2013 | Features, Staff Picks
Science fiction on the big screen is in a strange place these days. For the past couple of years, there have been several strains of cinematic sci-fi that have attempted to attract viewers with varying degrees of success: first, the action-oriented spectacles and...
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...
