For those on the left coast, Ian Gurvitz’s LA Blues will kick off the small-ish, fourth annual Pacific Palisades Film Festival, which will also honor Dick Van Patten with its Friends of Film Lifetime Achievement Award, an honor previously bestowed upon Dom DeLuise. Running May 17 through 19, the festival also includes Cherry Arnold’s Buddy, a documentary, narrated by James Woods, about former Providence mayor Buddy Cianci. Sounds somewhat interesting, that one. For a full festival line-up, recaps of previous years and more information, visit the Pacific Palisades Film Festival’s web site by clicking here.