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Film: Festival

AFI Fest

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The AFI Fest continues its yearly assault on the Arclight with a truly impressive lineup for 2008. Among the highlights are opening-night presentation The Soloist, Joe Wright's story of a homeless musician (Jamie Foxx) trying to find his former classical glory on the streets of LA; closing-night selection Defiance, writer/director Edward Zwick's tale of nature vs Nazis; and the highly anticipated centerpiece, Che, Steven Soderbergh's tribute to the Cuban revolutionary. Other must-sees include The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky's made-for-Mickey Rourke vehicle about a former professional grappler's return to the ring, and F. Javier Gutierrez's Before the Fall (3 Dias), a devastating sci-fi boiler that imagines the world's last 72 hours through the eyes of a Spanish family, following the news that a meteorite is about to collide with Earth.

– Julian Hooper

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