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RT News / Festivals & Awards / Los Angeles Film Festival 2008
Los Angeles Film Festival 2008 Highlights
Audience winner: The Wackness
Festival winner: Prince of Broadway
LAFF gallery: celebs attend the festival
Opening night film: Wanted gallery
Closing night film: Hellboy II images
Latest Los Angeles Film Festival 2008 Headlines
Exclusive Teaser: Relive the Summer of '94 With The Wackness

by Jen Yamato on Tuesday, Jul. 01 2008, 05:12 PM


New York City, circa 1994: it's a summer of hip-hop, girls, dope, and dealing for college-bound teenager Luke. Watch an exclusive alternate teaser for Sony Pictures Classics' The Wackness, starring Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, and Ben Kingsley.
L.A. Film Festival Honors Wackness, Man on Wire Opens in new window

on Monday, Jun. 30 2008, 10:24 AM


Jonathan Levine's "The Wackness" and James Marsh's "Man on a Wire" have taken the top audience awards at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
L.A. Film Festival: Prince of Broadway Opens in new window

on Thursday, Jun. 26 2008, 01:21 PM


Before you get too excited, this is not a pic about The Artist Formerly Known As The Symbol or jazz hands. Nor does it follow the artist formerly known as the symbol doing jazz hands. It's a film with a message - wah, wah, wah - but do not fret, Prince of Broadway is worth the fuss.
First Time Filmmaker's HottieBoombaLottie Premieres at Los Angeles Film Festival Opens in new window

on Thursday, Jun. 26 2008, 01:12 PM


The writer-director-producer-star of "HottieBoombaLottie" is old enough to drive, he swears. "I'm 25; I just look 13," says Provo, Utah, native Seth Packard in the living room of a borrowedBeverly Hills apartment. "I'm living in the back of a Penske truck right now with my wife; we just moved down here a couple of days ago."
Actor-Director Antonio Banderas Converses at the L.A. Film Festival Opens in new window

on Wednesday, Jun. 25 2008, 12:27 PM


At the L.A. Film Festival on Tuesday night at the Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder theater, Spanish import Antonio Banderas reminded American audiences why they fell in love with him in the first place in a candid setting.
Spaced Invasion USA – A Conversation With Edgar Wright Opens in new window

on Wednesday, Jun. 25 2008, 12:25 PM


Edgar Wright appeared at the Los Angeles Film Festival for a special event celebrating the DVD release of the British TV series Spaced. While the Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director didn't discuss details about his upcoming projects like Ant Man, he fielded questions from the capacity crowd and talked about the show at length.
Unflappable Corey Feldman Surfaces at the LAFF to Talk Lost Boys 2 Opens in new window

on Wednesday, Jun. 25 2008, 09:15 AM


Corey Feldman's brave hike back from the post-confessional, gofer-sex-abuse wilderness began Tuesday night in Westwood, where he dropped by the LA Film Festival to introduce a screening of The Lost Boys and suffer a clip from the vampire classic's forthcoming straight-to-DVD sequel, Lost Boys: The Tribe.
Atwater Doc Makes Conservatives Groan Opens in new window

on Tuesday, Jun. 24 2008, 12:48 PM


Making its debut at the Los Angeles Film Festival this week, "Boogie Man" tells the life story of Lee Atwater, the late, legendary GOP operative who changed the course of modern political campaigning by emphasizing attack ads, wedge issues and, occasionally, outright chicanery.
X-Files: I Want To Believe Sneak Peek Opens in new window

on Monday, Jun. 23 2008, 12:39 PM


The clips were so revealing, viewers could gather the following: Scully and Mulder are in it, they're looking for something, and they disagree about how to go about it. The panelists were equally tight-lipped about plot details, but at least one clip showed Scully bringing up Mulder's sister, so that made the crowd go wild.
Mark Gill on Indie Film Crisis: "Yes, the Sky Really is Falling" Opens in new window

on Saturday, Jun. 21 2008, 01:02 PM


Anne Thompson reflects on Mark Gill's keynote speech on the cold reality of today's independent film business.
Baghead: A Mumblecore Mix of Laughs and Screams Opens in new window

on Friday, Jun. 20 2008, 01:25 PM


A guy with a bag on his head can play out a couple of ways. The Unknown Comic went for laughs. Recent films such as "The Orphanage" and "The Strangers" go for straight scares. And then there's the new indie film "Baghead," in which the sack holds both chuckles and screams.
Wanted to Screen at Los Angeles Film Festival Opens in new window

on Thursday, Jun. 19 2008, 01:23 PM


"Wanted," an R-rated, blood-spattered tale about a secret society of assassins, starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy, has all the hallmarks of a big summer movie -- fast cars, cool gadgets and plenty of action. But it might seem like an unusual choice to open the Los Angeles Film Festival tonight.

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