AFI Fest 2007
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:37 pm
AFI Fest 2007
Another month, another film festival thread no one will read. These are mostly for me to parse the catalogs anyway. Since this one is in LA I'm including showtimes.
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS Romanian winner of Palme d'Or at Cannes
Sat 11/3 6:45pm, Mon 11/5 4:30pm
The Band's Visit Israel's entry for the foreign language feature Oscar.
Sat 11/3 7:15pm, Mon 11/5 12:30pm
Big Rig Doug Pray's (Scratch, Hype!) latest about truckers.
Mon 11/5 7pm, Tues 11/6 3pm
Blind Mountain Chinese realist director Li Yang's tale of forced marriage in contemporary China.
Sun 11/4 Noon, Mon 11/5 10pm
Chop Shop Latest from Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart)
Sun 11/4 6:30pm, Tues 11/6 12:30pm
Confessions of a Superhero Long awaited docu about costumed performers on H.wood blvd.
Fri 11/2 9:45pm, Sun 11/4 3:30pm
Deficit Actor Gael Garcia Bernal's directorial debut about Mexican youth.
Sun 11/4 7pm, Weds 11/7 1:30pm
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Oscar hopeful from Julian Schnabel gets a pre release screening at AFI.
Thurs 11/8 7pm, Sun 11/11 4pm
Dog Head Interesting sounding film from young Spanish auteur Santi Amodeo.
Tues 11/6 3pm, Fri 11/9 9:30pm
Elvis Pelvis Nigerian/UK filmmaker Kevin Aduaka's odd but interesting sounding debut.
Thurs 11/8 9:45pm, Fri 11/9 1:30pm
Funuke, Show Some Love You Losers! First time helmer Daihachi Yoshida's quirky female centered jp comedy.
Mon 11/5 9pm, Weds 11/7 4:30pm
Heckler A docu exploring the on stage comedian and the crowd who jeers him.
Sun 11/4 7:30pm, Sat 11/10 3:30pm
Juno Gala pre-release screening of Jason Reitman's Michael Cera and Ellen Page teen-preg laffer.
Mon 11/5 7:30pm
Look Shot completely by "security cameras" this experimental narrative explores issues of privacy in today's voyeuristic society.
Thurs 11/8 9:30pm, Fri 11/9 3pm
Lynch David Lynch docu.
Sat 11/10 10:30pm, Sun 11/11 3:45pm
Mad Detective Johnnie To (Election, Exiled) is back already with another HK cop actioner.
Mon 11/5 6:45pm
Margot at the Wedding Pre-rel screening of Baumbach's new Kidman starrer.
Sat 11/3 7pm, Sat 11/10 3pm
On The Road With Judas This adaptation of A JJ Lask novel, directed by the author himself looks like it could be very interesting.
Sun 11/4 6:45pm, Mon 11/5 12:45pm
The Passenger Antonioni's 1975 film with Jack Nicholson.
Fri 11/9 6:30pm
Persepolis Iranian runaway fave for best animated feature.
Sat 11/10 7pm
Princess of Nebraska & A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Wayne Wang's (Joy Luck Club) companion films about Chinese-American diaspora.
Sat 11/3 9pm, Mon 11/5 3:30pm
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome Docu chronicling 20 years of hip hop pioneers Public Enemy.
Weds 11/7 10:30pm, Sat 10/10 12:30pm
Sakuran This highly stylized film about a geisha from female director Mika Ninagawa is said to be pretty far out there.
Thurs 11/8 10:30pm, Sat 11/10 12:45pm
Secret Sunshine Korean drama that garnered its lead Jeon Do-yeon a best actress prize at Cannes.
Fri 11/2 6:45pm, Sun 11/4 3pm
Smiley Face Gregg Araki's Anna Faris smokey starrer.
Sat 11/10 9:45pm, Sun 11/11 12:45pm
Southland Tales Richard Kelly's much awaited and follow up to Donnie Darko has had nary a positive thing said about it since its Cannes premier in 2006. It has finally shed some minutes and received some polish and the trailer looks pretty awesome.
Fri 11/2 7pm, Sat 11/3 Noon
Viva I don't know much about Anna Biller's crazy sexploitation romp - but from the writeup here it sounds at least pretty interesting.
Tues 11/6 10pm, Weds 11/7 4pm