Overworked Los Angeles private investigator Paul Katz, and his PI-in-training roommate, Eric Gamble, attempt to solve the murder of Paul’s friend and mentor, Fred Otash - an infamous PI in the 1950s and 60s.
The Pink Panther, Chinatown, Some Kind of Heaven
Belle Vie, a much loved Parisian-style bistro in the heart of Los Angeles, struggles to adapt, survive and stay in business in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and their rival fast food neighbours. Best Feature Documentary Nominee - '22 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Roadrunner, Noma, Jiro Dreams of Sushi
1 in 52 players from Kinston, North Carolina make it to the NBA, the most per capita in the world. In Kinston, where basketball is everything, something is definitely in the water.
The Last Dance, Hoop Dreams, Warriors of Liberty City
A struggling ex-con and his unpredictable accomplice scam superficial trophy wives and their rich older husbands in self-obsessed Los Angeles.
Le Samourai, Nightmare Alley, The Usual Suspects
A bald, out of work actor finds immediate and overwhelming success when he discovers the power of persona in the form of a cheap wig.
Entourage, Birdman, Mrs. Doubtfire
A cautionary tale of a young, Marilyn Monroe-obsessed Actress, struggling with delusions of grandeur, identity, and naiveté in Hollywood. Premiered at the Santa Barbara Int. Film Festival
Mulholland Drive, Sunset Boulevard, Short Cuts
An anti-western approach to the history of the indigenous Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina, their early struggles with Euro-Colonialism, and their continued, present-day fight to be recognized as a Sovereign nation by the oppressive federal and state governments.
Restaurateur Vincent Samarco and filmmaker Marcus Mizelle go Around the Table, highlighting the history and offerings of various French regions, the care and process regional craftsmen take, and explore what the future of each region might hold.
Anthony Bourdain, Parts Unknown, The Reluctant Traveler