What began as a bluff has grown into the best film festival in Los Angeles, powered by eclectic, unpredictable programming and faithfully enthusiastic audiences. “I remember we were just going to do one year,” said Grant Moninger, cofounder of Beyond Fest and artistic director of the American Cinematheque. “Everyone started asking, ‘What is going to be shown Year 2?’ And we were like, ‘Oh, there’s a Year 2?’” The 13th edition of beyondfest in 2025, produced in partnership with the am_cinematheque, begins Tuesday night and runs through Oct. 8. Showing more than 90 features, with screenings at the Egyptian Theatre, Aero Theatre and Los Feliz 3, Beyond Fest will open with the U.S. premiere of Park Chan-wook’s satirical thriller nootherchoicefilm and closing with the sci-fi paranoia of Yorgos Lanthimos’ new bugoniafilm. The program will also feature an expansive retrospective of 12 features by Guillermo del Toro, with the filmmaker present for select screenings. Past highlights of the f...