Dec 30th
Night of the Comet*  

(US 1984)            

The sight of a rare comet lays waste to most of population of Los Angeles, and a handful of survivors try to make the most of it against an emerging army of zombies.
The title has bigger sci-fi pretensions than it delivers in what is actually quite a nifty teenage satire with its fair share of surprises, working quite well within a low budget and capturing a lot of the 80s fashions of the time.

Written and Directed by: Thom Eberhardt.
Producers: Andrew Lane, Wayne Crawford.
Starring: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell, Mary Moronov, Geoffrey Lewis.
Photography: Arthur Albert.
Music: David Richard Campbell.

Preceded by:
I'm British But...**
(GB 1989. 29m.; Timely ethnic documentary - then as now - about Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi children essentially raised as British citizens. The director's playful musical style eventually pushed her on to bigger things, just as important as this film.; w, d: Gurinder Chadha.)