Driving Miss Daisy 2: The Revenge | Photo courtesy of Universal
The Los Angeles Film Festival officially kicks off tonight with the premiere of the awful-looking Angelina Jolie action flick, Wanted. It's something about assassins, tattoos, curving bullets and explosions--you know, standard indie fare. Starting tomorrow, the festival begins in earnest with films and events rolling at 18 locations all around Los Angeles. Most, however, are relegated to Westwood and the surrounding neighborhoods. While parking will certainly be tight and pricey, any cinema lover will find an over-abundance of things to do.
The festival's centerpiece film is the Sundance sensation, Anvil which plays on June 26. The band documented in the film will play their special brand of heavy metal after the screening. Closing the festival this year on June 28 is Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Everyone is back for another joust with evil. In between these big tent poles, though, are dozens and dozens of smaller pictures--all of which will almost certainly be better than Wanted. Tickets will typically be scarce in the first few days, but demand should ease up later in the festival.
A short list of intriguing films and events after the jump!
Isn't that guy on the left one of the bounty hunters from 'Empire Strikes Back'? | Photo courtesy of Universal
American Teen
Highwater
Swear-A-Long Scarface
The American President
The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale
Baghead
Ballast
Una Noche con Antonio Banderas
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Boy A
Cargo 200
Choke
A Conversation with Guillermo del Toro
Encounters at the End of the World
Film Financing Conference
A Girl Cut in Two
Hafner's Paradise
Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal
Hotel Very Welcome
HottieBoombaLottie
Jeff Garlin's Combo Platter
Journey to the Center of the Earth
La France
Largo
Made in America
Man on Wire
Mirageman
The Order of Myths
Paper or Plastic?
The Pleasure of Being Robbed
Reunion
The Right Men: Ivan & Jason Reitman in Conversation
Silverado
Sixty Six
Spaced: Invasion USA - A Conversation with Edgar Wright
Still Hot: Medium Cool
Trinidad
The Wackness
