For the eleventh straight year, Lily and Generoso absorbed all that is AFI Fest 2025, the American Film Institute’s five-day festival, and they’re back to review their eight favorite features from the large slate of films they viewed this time around!

For the tenth straight year, Lily and Generoso proudly present their coverage of AFI Fest, Los Angeles’s premiere film festival which took place in Hollywood this October.

Featured photo courtesy of AFI Fest.

When released, Paul Schrader’s American Gigolo shocked mainstream moviegoers. Slick and amoral, glitzy and gritty, this exposé was one of the first neo-noir films of the 1980s.

If you haven’t already heard about Sugar, Ian Koss will explain why you should keep it that way and just watch the show.

Carl F. Gauze digs into one man’s journey through the glory days of rock and roll in Time Has Come Today: Rock and Roll Diaries 1967 – 2007, a venture that turns out to be quite the trip, when that man is Harold Bronson, Rhino Records co-founder and obsessive diarist.

Since 2015, Lily and Generoso have reviewed the offerings from the American Film Institute’s annual festival. With AFI Fest 2023 in the books, they are here to present their top ten favorite features from this year’s impressive slate of 140 films!

Candlebox headlines their The Long Goodbye tour as they release their eighth, and final, studio album.

Rock and roll may never die, but it is old enough to collect social security and occasionally struggles with overdoses. Carl F. Gauze sets up at the quiet bar, where he can still hear his wife, for Rock of Ages at Garden Theatre, Orlando.

AFI Fest 2022 is a wrap! From November 2 to 6, the American Film Institute’s annual festival presented 125 titles. Lily and Generoso select and review their top 10 picks from this year’s programming.

The 2021 edition of the American Film Institute’s Festival, was a total success. After mounting a small virtual festival in 2020, AFI Fest came roaring back this year with a slate of 115 films representing over fifty countries. Lily and Generoso rank their favorite features from this year’s festival which include new offerings from Céline Sciamma, Miguel Gomes, and Jacques Audiard.

Old Habits Die Hard (Acetate Records). Review by Joe Frietze.

For the fifth straight year, Lily and Generoso assess a selection of new features from the eclectic program at AFI FEST, Los Angeles’ most prominent film festival.

George Takei recalls his childhood in Japanese internment camps, and his rise to film stardom in an easy to read Manga-style graphic novel.

“Mr. Blue”. Review by Stacey Zering.

AFI Fest 2017 just wrapped up in Hollywood. Lily and Generoso Fierro review the 22 new feature films that they selected from this year’s eclectic festival program.

The spirit of an ancient Egyptian woman deals with the rigors of modern Los Angeles as she works to avoid an ancient relationship.

The stars were out for Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con 2017, and Ink 19 took it all in!

For the twelfth year, the South East European Film Festival (SEEfest) in Los Angeles showcased an impressive lineup of new features and shorts. Lily and Generoso Fierro provide a festival wrap up and their picks for the films that you cannot miss.

Stan Lee’s Comikaze invades L.A.

In rural Pennsylvania a pair of gorgeous musicians head out to L.A. and try to make it big in rock and roll.