Westwood Village will host this year's Los Angeles Film Festival from Thursday, June 21 through Sunday July 1. The festival will screen more than 230 feature films, shorts and music videos, picked from over 4,500 submissions from filmmakers worldwide. The festival will host many independent and foreign films, and also boasts the LA Premier of DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures summer release of Transformers. Clint Eastwood will receive a "Spirit of Independence Award" and Curtis Hanson has selected a list of films that inspired his work. Larry talks with Richard Raddon, the Festival Director, and Rachel Rosen, Director of Programming, about the festival.
Plus Larry and critics Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor, and Henry Sheehan, of henrysheehan.com discuss this week's new releases, including Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Nancy Drew, Eagle vs. Shark, The Treatment, Amu, The Boss of it All, and Casting About.