FROZEN RIVER, LA FRANCE at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2008

Tuesday, June 24, at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River (AMC Avco Center, 4:15 pm) stars Melissa Leo and Misty Upham as two struggling single mothers who try to earn fast money through border smuggling. Frozen River won the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Also in the cast: Michael O’Keefe, Charlie McDermott, and James Reilly.

Set in the mid-1990s, Jonathan Levine’s comedy The Wackness (Majestic Crest, 7 pm) stars Josh Peck as a New York City teenager trying to cope with encroaching adulthood. Ben Kingsley plays his pothead therapist. Winner of the Audience Award – Dramatic at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Directed by Serge Bozon and written by Axelle Ropert, La France (AMC Avco Center, 7 pm) mixes the horrors of war with a musical fairy tale. Winner of the Prix Jean Vigo. In the cast: Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Guillaume Verdier, François Negret.

In Aditya Assarat’s Thai drama Wonderful Town (The Landmark, 9:45 pm), the life of a young Bangkok architect changes after his new project takes him to a placid coastal town — one that’s still suffering from the effects of the 2004 tsunami that killed thousands in the area.

Fear(s) of the Dark (AMC Avco Center, 9:45 pm) is an omnibus feature — six animated shorts tied together by a recurring monologue. Directed by Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, and Richard McGuire. With the voices of Guillaume Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, and others.

And at the Billy Wilder Theater at 8 pm, Una Noche con Antonio Banderas.

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