AFI Film Fest

Well incase u r life s boring in the upcoming week, u can fill it with the 05' AFI Film Fest. The Wang is always a big supporter of old school film fest such as the the great HIFF, where the Wang use to trek the red carpet to free films due to his Asian connections. But just as Noble linked awhile back, there was this article about how there r WAYYY too many film fest in LA.

A few films do catch the Wang' attention, like Dead Run by Sabu. If i'm not mistaken, this is the same Sabu that did one of my favorite Japnese films, Postman Blues.

Also a screenign ofthe old Jarmusch classic, Dead man. As part of their tribute to Johnny Depp. Which include other movies like Edward Scissorhands and Fear and Loathing.

Racoon Princess a film where good friend Yojimbo claimed to be a "not as good" comparision to Pistol Opera. Still worthy of some viewing. Also starring Zhang Ziyi, clearly cementing her role as the hardest working international film star. As this must be her 31st film of 2005.

Another ground breaker in the Asian horror genre, The Red Shoes.

Shanghai Dreams. From the same dude who brought us Bejing Bicycle, Wang Xiaoshuai.

But if u r in the mood to sample some foereign film or catch some earlier screenings of upcoming films, than a boring weekend can be solved by paying huge at the Arclight for the AFI film Fest. Seems like most tickets are $11 and some nasty full fest prices. But its always nice to get a dose of cool film fest viewing. Otherwise, there's always Cinefile... but we can be anti-social on Tuesdays.