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Outfest Los Angeles · 2020

Outfest Los Angeles 2020

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5 films · 2 reviews

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Any Day Now

Review preview for Any Day Now

Laugh out loud funny and heartbreaking without resorting to neat Hollywood set-ups or resolutions.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
A gay couple fight for the right to look after a Down's Syndrome teenager.

(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Travis Fine; Writer: George Arthur Bloom, Travis Fine; Stars: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher, Gregg Henry, Jamie Anne Allman, Chris Mulkey, Don Franklin, Kelli Williams, Alan Rachins, Mindy Sterling, Miracle Laurie, Michael Nouri, Jeffrey Pierce, Anne O'Shea)

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Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story

After his 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies is re-discovered, a black trans musician recounts his life, from the lonely 1960s to the joy of witnessing the present.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Posy Dixon)

Monsoon

A British Vietnamese man, returns to Saigon for the first time in over 30 years, after fleeing during the Vietnam-American War.

(Country: UK; Year: 2019; Director: Hong Khaou; Writer: Hong Khaou; Stars: Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers, David Tran, Molly Harris, Nguyen Myan, Lâm Vissay, Edouard Leo, Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers, David Tran, Molly Harris, Nguyen Myan, Lâm Vissay, Edouard Leo)

The Obituary Of Tunde Johnson

A wealthy, Nigerian-American teen is pulled over by police, shot to death and immediately awakens, reliving the same day over and over, trapped in a terrifying time loop - forced to confront difficult truths about his life and himself.

(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2019; Director: Ali LeRoi; Writer: Stanley kalu; Stars: Steven Silver, Spencer Neville, Nicola Peltz, David James Elliot)

Shiva Baby

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A little gem of a film.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A college student's day takes an unexpected turn when her sugar daddy arrives at the shiva she's attending with his accomplished wife and crying baby.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Emma Seligman; Writer: Emma Seligman; Stars: Rachel Sennott, Polly Draper, Molly Gordon, Danny Deferrari, Dianna Agron, Fred Melamed)

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