L.A.’s conservative Liberty Film Festival, now in its third year, “still seems a few years away from being a real cinematic force,” Patrick Goldstein writes. The festival’s website, on the other hand, “has emerged as a must read for anyone who cares about film and enjoys seeing Hollywood blowhards and hypocrites take a few jabs to the head. I couldn’t agree less with most of its politics, but in an era in which most movie sites are dominated by gossips and geeks, Libertas is one of the few websites that actually takes movies — and their cultural influence — seriously.”