May 19, 2004
Amusements
Posted by nerdling | May 19, 2004 10:16 AM
The lineup for the LA Film Festival has been announced. Last year they had some really great events—including the sneak preview of (the amazing) 28 Days Later. Unfortunately I didn't do my research and hadn't made arrangements to see some of the other films being shown, including a showing of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari with live orchestra accompaniment. Damn!
But this year...oh, this year there is so much to see I don't know where to begin. Here are some features that look promising (in order of my desire to see them, not my ability to afford the tickets):
GALAS
Garden State
Directed by: Zach Braff
Thursday, June 17, 7:30 p.m.
Zach Braff, star of the TV comedy “Scrubs,” writes, directs, and stars in Garden State, a coming-of-age story that is alternately funny, moving, and sweetly romantic. With Natalie Portman and Peter Sarsgaard.
DOCUMENTARY
Tarnation
Directed by: Jonathan Caouette
Screening TBA
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Dig!
Directed by: Ondi Timoner
Friday, June 25, 9:45 p.m.
Seven years in the making, this portrait of two rock bands — the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre — offers up a heady brew of mad musical geniuses, triumphant world tours, disingenuous death threats, disastrous gigs, and elusive record contracts.
DARK WAVE
Ju-on: The Grudge
Directed by: Shimizu Takashi
Thursday, June 24, 9:45 p.m.
In a quiet Tokyo neighborhood, there lies a house that may be the most terrifying place on Earth and anyone who enters it is marked with a ghostly curse in this Japanese horror sensation.
Haute Tension AKA Switchblade Romance
Directed by: Alexandre Aja
Friday, June 18, 11:45 p.m.
An ominous gray van arrives at the summer home of Alex and Marie and soon the nighttime calm is pierced by screams of terror. This relentlessly violent, astoundingly bloody nerve shredder may test the resolve of even the most ardent horror fan.
Mojave
Directed by: David Kebo and Rudi Liden
Saturday, June 19, 11:45 p.m.
Monday, June 21, 7:15 p.m.
Four friends drive out into the California desert in search of a rave. Nothing could prepare them for what follows, as a night of abandon turns into a day of violence in this thrilling update of Deliverance for a new generation.
PLUS! For those of you who are interested in Beat Takeshi's remake of Zatoichi, it will be showing Monday, May 24 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
