Monday, June 19, 2006

Happenings

If you're in Los Angeles this week, it's a good week for film happenings.

The LA Film Festival kicks off on the 22nd, and I plan on attending one, two, or maybe more screenings. Little did I know that fellow church-goer Rich Raddon runs the festival, which made for an exciting discovery. His picks? For narrative, Ira and Abby is a front-runner about a "hastily married couple quickly devolve[d] into a life of affairs, meddling parents, and therapy." Sounds fun, but I kind of wish I'm Reed Fish were playing, as that seems more my paradigm (coming of age, trying-to-find myself). (I know, picky, picky, aren't eye.) Still, I'm rather hopeful of Quinceañera, since, well, this is Los Angeles, and I think I'll love the perspective. (It makes me think slightly of Christian Vuissa's Roots & Wings, maybe just in tone, if not loosely topical.)

Also going on this weekend, for those of us Mormons who like to gather under the auspices of art, there's the annual Hollywood-style Mormon singles glam film festival, which name has been changed probably again. (Was once duped "The Acadamy Awards," which wasn't really academic, if slightly institutional; then went to being the "Golden Apple Film Festival," which seemed about as out of sync with anything singles or Mormon related.) I am happy to discover that a film I worked on last summer will be making an appearance. So maybe I'll show up. (I'm the one pictured above without a head. ;)

On another front, which is really just to serve as a reminder, States of Grace will be closing on Thursday in Hollywood, so it's probably now or never. FYI, my family swears by this film, though I have yet to see it.

posted by Rhapsidiomite @ 11:53 PM
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