Comedy

I caught up with the creator of web series "Quirky Female Protagonist" at this year's LA Film Festival. She shared her secrets with me.

The new dramedy "Don’t Think Twice" begins as if it’s a documentary on how to do improv. Then the members of the fictional improv group, The Commune, violate all the rules in their improv dire results, in their personal lives.

'Creedmoria', a film by first-time writer/director Alicia Slimmer, made its SoCal premier at the Dances With Films Festival. It chronicles the efforts of sweet-sixteen Candy Cahill, played by Stef Dawson, to come of age in one of the most dysfunctional families in movie history. As I watched the film, I hoped, for Slimmer’s sake, that this movie wasn’t too autobiographical. It turns out that it was.

In Hollywood parlance, a “period piece” is a script or film that takes place in the past. 'Girl Flu', a film written and directed by Dorie Barton, gave a new meaning to that phrase. It's a film about firsts. Without a doubt, it is the only film you'll ever call charming, funny and heartwarming that has menstruation as its focus.

Every day I went to work wanting to make this the best film that it could possibly be.

I was making bad action films in Asia. Not that I don’t love Asia. I do. That was the best part of it, seeing other countries.

What I saw at the second half of this year's festival.

Second chances are possible for some people. But for politicians?

At this year’s South by Southwest film festival Seth Rogen debuted, as a work-in-progress, his new animated feature 'Sausage Party.' It is the first foray into the “R-rated world” for an animated feature. If you have no problems with watching food have sex, it’s really funny.

The creators and cast of the new Netflix film provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the welcome return of Pee Wee Herman.