Gary Dretzka
Leonard
Klady
David Poland
Ray Pride
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AFTER THE APOCALYPSE (Narrative Competition) - The title only begins to explain this post-apocalyptic yarn set in the near future in which presumably the last five people on Earth struggle to survive and connect in the burnt out landscape of destruction. Filmmaker Yasuaki Nakajima's decision to shoot in black and white provides an ambience both futuristic and linked to similarly themed fare from the past ranging from Five to Le Dernier Combat. The desperation is only heightened by the quintet's inability to utter words and communicate through movement and the emotion in their eyes. (4:30 p.m. Laemmle Sunset 5) I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD (Special Screenings) - Director Mike Hodges knows a thing or two about crime and deception having assayed the likes of Get Carter and Croupier during his three decades calling the shots. His latest film casts Clive Owen as a gangster enforcer who dropped out and returns to London after the mysterious death of his brother. Here mystery is wrapped in an enigma with a colorful rogue's gallery of actors including Malcolm McDowell and Charlotte Rampling heightening an already taut and sinister atmosphere. (7:30 p.m. DGA 1) ROCK SCHOOL (Documentary Competition) - Move back Jack Black, Paul Green is the real thing. The entrepreneur of Philadelphia's how to rock and roll college is an intense teacher of the scriptures according to Jimi, Janis, and especially Zappa. And his pupils ranging in age from 9 to 17 and a motley crew in need of shaping in this highly entertaining and tuneful opus directed by Don Argott. (7:30 p.m. Laemmle Sunset 5) Two Brothers' Guy Pearce Finds His Rhythm And Learns To Love Hollywood "When
the Berlin wall fell, the perpetual right in America, which always
needs an enemy, didn't have an enemy any more, so I had to serve
as the next best thing," Imelda Sues: She Doesn't Look Like A Good Person In The Documentary The
Last of the First: Much like "Buena Vista Social Club"
and "Standing in the Shadows of Motown," "The Last
of the First" shines a spotlight on musicians' musicians who
have been forgotten or overlooked. ``I think Michael
Moore's Fahrenheit 911 will bury us. But... I think his film
will take in enough at the box office that it probably might even
help us some too.'' Next Year,
Straight Outta Compton?
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