SHOWTIMES / VENUE LOCATIONS

Saturday, September 16, 11:30pm Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 82 min.
The Agony of Love
Dir: Bill Rotsler, 1966, USA, 35mm, B&W, 82 min. (First public screening in 25 years)
An archetypal but entirely unique example of Sixties sexploitation filmmaking, this "based-in-fact" story of a rich housewife-by-day, call-girl-by-night has lost none of its outrageousness and melodrama. ALSO TONIGHT: "Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies" under Documentaries.

Friday, September 15, 7 pm Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 101 min.
The Annihilation of Fish
Dir: Charles Burnett, 2000, USA, 35mm, 101min. (Los Angeles Premiere)
Fantasy worlds collide when Fish (James Earl Jones) and Poinsettia (Lynn Redgrave) move to neighboring apartments. The unlikely pair find love with the help of the free-spirited building manager Mrs. Muldroone (Margot Kidder).

Saturday, September 16, 3 pm Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 106 min.
Berlin Cinema
Dir: Samira Gloor-Fadel, 2000, Swiss-French, 35mm, 106 min. (Los Angeles Premiere)
A sublime film-essay in the tradition of Chris Marker. Legendary filmmakers Wim Wenders (seen on-screen) and Jean-Luc Godard (heard off-screen) ruminate on the history of film, architecture and Berlin, while stunning b & w and color images of the city flicker past.

Saturday, September 16, 10 am Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 126 min.
Don't Cry For Me
Dir: Keith Walley, 2000, USA, 35mm. 118min. (Co-Presented by the Armenian Music & Film Association)
Since being discovered in a dumpster as a small child, Hobbes lives in a world of fragmented memories, isolated in a mental institution. Suddenly thrust into the working world, he meets Mary Jo, whose friendship will unlock the doors of his past and delivers him an unlikely family. WITH SHORT: SORRY, WRONG ADDRESS Dir: Peter Bahlawanian, 2000, USA, 16mm, 8min a matchmakers efforts on behalf of her son go hilariously awry.

Saturday, September 16, 1 pm Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 89 min.
Life/Drawing
Dir: Dan Bootzin, 2000, USA, 35mm, 85 min. (Los Angeles Premiere)
At the center of Dan Bootzin's handsome and humorous portrait of a down-on-his-luck artist stumbling toward self-discovery is the winning performance of Mark Ruffalo as a young man torn between the artificialities of the art world and the simple love that could bring the personal salvation he so desperately needs. Standout cinematography by Denise Brassard captures the colorful beauty of life and the dark corners of a character whose life is slowly slipping away. WITH SHORT: ELEVATOR WORLD Dir: Mitchell Rose, 1999, USA, 35mm, 4 min. about the ups and downs, the ins and outs -- and the psychology of man.

Sunday, September 17, 10am Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 110 min.
Phantom Pain
Dir: Neil Matsumoto, 1997, USA, 16mm, 84 min.
A mesmerizing slice-of-life study of a transexual looking for love in all the wrong places. To be sure, the film's central character Christy Nichols meets with her share of hard to watch tragic events (her confused Johns inevitably turn on her whether she begs them to love her or leave her alone), but it is the searing and gentle emotion engendered through the startling superstar-like debut of lead actor Tina Alexis that shines through the loudest. WITH SHORT: CREAM PUFF Dir: Jared Seide, 1999, USA, 35mm, 26 min, a poignant character piece about a man, broken in body and spirit, and his stoic caretaker.

Sunday, September 17, 12 noon Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 123 min.
Road Dogz
Dir: Alfredo Ramos, 2000, USA, 35mm, 95 min. (Los Angeles Premiere)
Raymo, Alfonso and Danny are bosom buddies in East L.A with problems: Alfonso gets his girl in trouble, Raymo’s a grunt for the local pusher, and Danny finds that honesty doesn’t pay, at least not enough. The friends must decide the strength of their loyalty—to each other, to the ‘hood, and to themselves. WITH SHORT: ALGUN DIA Dir: Pepe Urquijo, 1999, USA, video, 28 min, about the recently-arrived Gonzalez family who struggles with joblessness, racism, and passivity that poisons their community.

Friday, September 15, 11:30 pm Vista Theater TRT: 93 min.
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
Dir: Alan Arkush, 1979, USA, 35mm, 93 min. (Special guests!)
This essential rock ‘n’ roll midnight movie produced by Roger Corman and co-written by Joe Dante features SLFF honoree Mary Woronov in one of her most memorable roles – the music-hating Miss Evelyn Togar, principal of Vince Lombardi High. Perennial teen P.J. Soles leads the student body in a riotous revolt fueled by the hard-driving music of The Ramones.
SPECIAL EVENT: Mary Woronov will appear in person to immortalize her foot and handprints in the cement in front of the theater prior to the screening.

Sunday, September 17, 12 noon Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 105 min.
Ruins
Dir: Jesse Lerner, 1999, USA, 16mm, 78 min.
Employing film techniques from ethnography to the newsreel, Lerner’s film, as with the site of a ruin, is composed of fragments that must be pieced together and assessed to make new meanings. This fast-paced mock-umentary explores artifice and truth in the production of national heritage.
WITH SHORT: THE MEXECUTIONER Dir: Esteban Zul, 27 min.

Friday, September 15, 9:30 pm Los Feliz Cinema 3 TRT: 93.5 min.
The Specials
Dir: Craig Mazin, 2000, USA, 35mm, 90 min. (Co-Presented by Regent Entertainment)
Rob Lowe and Thomas Haden Church star in a savory send up of super heroes with their headquarters located in, of all places, Silver Lake!! The Specials are old hands at fighting evil. Far more insidious are the forces that threaten their caped camaraderie: action toy spin-offs and media residuals, inter-hero adultery, and corporations perks and health plans.
WITH SHORT: MUSO’s GOLDEN STAFF Dir: John Wilson Yoon, 3.5 min.

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