Welcome to the Rileys among 30 Films To See at LAFF

[...] I asked a gaggle of post-Berney Apparition survivors—the staff is 25—what they were expecting to happen. They indicated that it was business as usual for them: Sundance critics’ fave Welcome to the Rileys plays LAFF.

Here are my recommendations of thirty films to see:

I’ve Seen:
Sundance 3D doc: CANE TOADS: THE CONQUEST, directed by Mark Lewis.
SXSW relationship drama COLD WEATHER, directed by Aaron Katz.
Walter Hill’s classic THE DRIVER.
Luchino Visconti’s classic THE LEOPARD.
SXSW funk-music doc THUNDER SOUL, directed by Mark Landsman.
Sundance war doc THE TILLMAN STORY, directed by Amir Bar-Lev.
SXSW dramedy TINY FURNITURE, from writer/director/actress Lena Dunham.
Sundance drama WELCOME TO THE RILEYS, directed by Jake Scott. 

I did NOT like Neil Marshall’s Centurion, a sloppily violent action film that wastes the talents of Dominic West and Michael Fassbender.

I Hope to See:
Levon Helm doc AIN’T IN IT FOR MY HEALTH.
SPC’s Sundance buy ANIMAL KINGDOM, directed by David Michod.
Doc GASLAND, directed by Josh Fox.
SPC Sundance buy LEBANON, directed by Samuel Maoz.
Percy and Felix Adlon’s world premiere of MAHLER ON THE COUCH, which Studio Canal is selling.
Sundance doc MARWENCOL, directed by Jeff Malmberg.
Documentary Competition: ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT, directed by Lisa Leeman.
Sundance fave THE RED CHAPEL, directed by Mads Brügger.
REVOLUCION short films.
Sundance education doc WAITING FOR SUPERMAN, directed by Davis Guggenheim.
Fest veteran WHITE MATERIAL, directed by Claire Denis.


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