After 12 years in New York City, I am relocating to Los Angeles, California in the immediate future, and searching out what was overlooked in January for LA is My Lady is the perfect opportunity to showcase some of the films that made me want to make the City of Angels my new home. -John Liang

COLLATERAL is a terrific example of how knowing your way around the labyrinthine geography of LA can literally save your life.

PULP FICTION is the best depiction ever of the porous social structure of LA, a city where mob bosses, college kids, annoying Frenchwomen, body piercing enthusiasts, and The Gimp all rub elbows with each other.

MAGNOLIA is the ultimate love letter to the San Fernando Valley, from the area’s poet laureate Paul Thomas Anderson.