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Y La Bamba, the Portland-based indie band helmed by singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza, have spent the past decade weaving both dynamic guitarwork and regional-Mexican flair into the vivid tapestry of the American folk tradition. And just months after releasing their 2019 LP, Mujeres, the band has returned with a heartrending Ep titled Entre Los Dos.

Released in February, Mujeres found Mendoza reckoning with her family history, drawing from the trauma (and unflinching fortitude) passed down from her foremothers. Mendoza was born in San Francisco to Mexican parents of indigenous Purépecha descent...

*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Monarch Home Entertainment. Director: Christian Charles. Writer: Ryan Oxford. Cast: Charlotte Rae, Matthew Settle, M. Emmet Walsh and Katia Winter. Love Sick Love received a theatrical release in several major markets in April, 2013, before moving to home entertainment formats in May. This title was marketed as a thriller, but there are more romantic-comedy tones here, compared to anything else. Much of the excitement from the trailer is missing in this fairly short film endeavour. The comedy improves through the film's second half; yet, Love Sick Love seems like a cautious outing, with few surprises. The film can best be described as Misery (1990) meets Fatal Attraction (1987), in story. But, the tension, mystery and unpredictability from these two films is missing here. Instead, central character Norman (Matthew Settle) simply goes along with his psycho girlfriend's plans to visit an isolated home.

Spring and love are in the air, but let's face it... so are heavy doses of pollen and broken-hearted misery, too. I mean, you can't force anyone to love you, right? Well, maybe... at least that's the case in the new flick Love Sick Love!

From the Press Release

Amid a cinema landscape of syrupy rom-coms and warm bodied zombies that live happily ever after, director Christian Charles (Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedian, Cheech & Chong’s Hey Watch This) in his latest film Love Sick Love offers up a film for the romantically challenged. In the spirit of Fatal Attraction and Swimming with Sharks but for the dating world -- a New York businessman’s fling turns deadly when he is teamed with a psychotic serial romantic in this boy meets girl thriller that propels the term "love hurts" to a whole new level. The film will be available on DVD...

Love Sick Love is an upcoming horror thriller comedy which comes from director Christian Charles and has quite interesting cast on board. It is the tale of love gone bad, or if you prefer – a complex and suspenseful journey into the darker side of passion (that explaines this loves me not part of the story). Today, we’re here to share the first trailer & poster for the whole thing, hope you’ll enjoy! Christian Charles directed the film from a script written by Ryan Oxford, which centers on a boy meets girl romance that quickly turns into a twisted thriller. In other words, the movie... Related posts: Watch: The New Trailer For Roman Coppola’s Charles Swan With Bill Murray, Charlie Sheen First Images, Concept Art & Promo Poster For Christian Sesma’s Sci-Fi Thriller Lost Time! First Roman Coppola’s A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III Teaser...

Love Sick Love is a dark comedy from director Christian Charles. Distribution house Monarch Home Entertainment will begin releasing this title in May on DVD. The film focuses on a troubled young couple, where murder might be on the menu. More specifically, the film's story deals with serial (killer) dater, Dori (Katia Winter). She is enamoured with her new boyfriend, Norman (Matthew Settle). However, Dori's family and Winter retreat is made-up of a family of misfits. Norman is soon heading for the door and Dori is demanding that he stay, in a violent and comedic fashion. The first trailer for Love Sick Love is available below. And, fans of both comedy and horror will find something of interest in this clip. Release Date: April, 2013 (Video-on-demand) and May 21, 2013 (DVD). Director: Christian Charles. Writer: Ryan Oxford. Cast: Lindsay Rose Binder, Jim Gaffigan, Dean Kapica, Megan Raye Manzi, Charlotte Rae and Matthew Settle.

Wow, the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival already has been amazing!

Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il

The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.

http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012

Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Thursday, November 15th

Shorts Program 8: Quirky Relationships

Shorts Program 8: Quirky Relationships plays at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre

Shorts that give romance a twist.

Boo! (Rupert Reid, Australia, 2012, 5 min.): An aging married couple keep their love alive by staying one step ahead of each other. Coffees (Alex Beh, U.S., 2012, 11 min.): As a last-ditch effort, Mikey decides to go to his ex...

Review by Dana Jung

Just when you thought it was safe to settle back and enjoy a nice indie romantic comedy full of witty and insightful commentary on the nature of modern relationships, along comes the new film Love Sick Love. This is a movie that goes from plot twist to plot twisted.

The story begins with Dori, an attractive woman in the big city, phoning her current love interest, Norman. It is immediately established (with some humorous assistance from a co-worker played by comedian Jim Gaffigan) that Norman is a player. He has an eye for the ladies, is sleeping with his ex, and regards Dori as ‘casual sex’. as the cliche goes. Dori obviously feels differently, and invites Norman away to a secluded country home for the weekend. Ignoring Dori’s clear signals of attachment, Norman accepts and is soon plunged into a single man’s nightmare of dating and demented holiday celebrations.