Your Best Entertainment Value

Over the weekend, I saw two movies, both indies, White On Rice and Big Fan. They're very different stories, though they both feature guys who are not so young any more having trouble adjusting. (Perhaps I'll write more on the films later, but the first is about a guy living temporarily with his sister and her older husband and their young son, and the other about an obsessed sports fan with a dead-end job who lives with his mother. Note how highly both are rated at IMDb.) This being LA, both showings were followed by the director coming out with the cast and taking questions.

One point that both made is movies should be seen in theatres. It's tough enough for independent films to get shown--don't wait for the DVD to come out. There's nothing that compares with seeing something on a big screen, in the dark, with a crowd.

So I don't know if these films will be playing in your town--I'd guess Big Fan has a better shot--but if you get a chance, you might consider checking them out. Who knows, maybe the director will come out after and say hello.