Los Angeles Film Festival

The 20 Best Quips & Insights from the LAFF Panel With Jonah Nolan, Zak Penn, Lorene Scafaria & John August

Sunday night at L.A. Live’s Regal Cinemas, John August (“Go,” “Big Fish”) moderated a Los Angeles Film Festival Coffee Talk panel on screenwriting with Zak Penn (“X-Men: The Last Stand,” “The Grand”), Lorene Scafaria (“Nick and Norah&rsq...

'Star Trek' Scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci Go Small and Intimate With 'People Like Us' at LAFF Premiere

Friday night at the Los Angeles Film Festival, blockbuster screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci finally stepped out from behind the gigantic shadows of directors Michael Bay, J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg to show moviegoers what they could do on their own. Their first low-budget drama,...

LAFF REVIEW: Jared Moshé's 'Dead Man's Burden' Does Justice To Its Western Roots

Watch: 'Breaking Bad' Cast Talks Golden Age of TV, Being One of The Best Shows of All Time at LAFF Panel

The Los Angeles Film Festival's "Cooking a Contemporary Classic: A Conversation with Breaking Bad" on Saturday evening featured show creator Vince Gilligan and seven of the show's stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Jonathan Banks and ...

LAFF REVIEW | In 'To Rome With Love,' Woody Allen Tries Too Hard and Fails Too Often

Meet the 2012 LAFF Filmmakers #10: 'Call Me Kuchu' Directors Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright

The two directors behind "Call Me Kuchu" came from different backgrounds, uniting their expertise to create this poignant documentary. Fairfax Wright studied Anthropology and Film in college, and "Call Me Kuchu" is her directoral debut. Zouhali-Worrall worked as a print and video...

Meet the 2012 LAFF Filmmakers #9: 'Breakfast With Curtis' Director Laura Colella

Laura Colella fell in love with filmmaking while studying at Harvard under Raúl Ruiz. Since then she has directed two other narrative features, "Stay Until Tomorrow" and "Tax Day", as well as many short films. Colella is currently a professor of 16mm Film Production and Di...

Meet the LAFF Filmmaker #8: 'Thursday Till Sunday' Director Dominga Sotomayor

Four of "Thursday Till Sunday" director Dominga Sotomayor's short films have travelled to festivals. "November" and "Below" during his time studying as an Audiovisual Director at Universidad Católica de Chile, and "Videogame" and "The Mountain&...

Meet the LAFF Filmmakers #7: 'Crazy and Thief' Director Cory McAbee

"Crazy and Thief" director Cory McAbee's roots are musical. "When I was young I painted and performed music," he says, adding that his first films were "hand-painted animated musicals. His first two features were "The American Astromaut" (a musical comedy/sci-f...