Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone — I had to surpress the urge to leave at least 4 times during this; it really highlights how good last year’s Ramones doc End Of The Century was. Performances by various punk movement luminaries (and not-so-luminaries) at a tribute concert in Los Angeles just days before Johnny dies of cancer. Great appearances by The Dickies and Henry Rollins, but that was overwhelmed by phoned-in interviews and performances by the likes of Anthony Kiedis, Pete Yorn (?!), Eddie Vedder, etc. Stuck it out to the end to be rewarded with a nice eulogy for Johnny. Hey director: next time you’re filming X, spend a tiny bit more time on Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake, mmmkay? And don’t relegate Joan Jett to the credits …
Factotum — nice little narrative with some big names; nothing much happens in the flim but that’s OK with me, considering that this is Bukowski; I especially liked how the theater was populated with a lot of people seeing it alone. This film has distribution (Matt Dillon and Lily Taylor? Duh!) and will be in theaters later this summer.