FILM KITCHEN PREVIEW
FILM KITCHENWere-grrl (2002), by Amy Lynn BestA Different Look (2002), by Lindsay Baneesc (2002) and Viva Stop Frame Animation (2002), by Eric Fleischauer and KC Milliken By definition, the world of modern underground B movies lacks big budgets and big-name stars. But whatever their virtues, these truly independent, straight-to-video science fiction, horror and slasher movies…
MONTEREY BAY FISH GROTTO
Grotto is a funny word to describe someplace that sits high up in the clouds — at the top of a tall building on the top of Mount Washington. Yet at night, with the walls, ceiling and interior fixtures all painted a dark blue, the lights dimmed to prevent reflection, and the vast expanse of…
HEAD OF STATE
In politics, we yearn for candor. At least we say we do. So in Head of State, comedian Chris Rock hands us Mays Gilliam, an out-of-work Washington, D.C., alderman who in a very movie sort of way finds himself the first black major-party candidate for President. At first cowed by his handlers — who don’t…
LAWLESS HEART
The thoughtful, well-made little British movie Lawless Heart is a sort of Eastenders-on-Essex, a slice of life — or perhaps more accurately, a slice of drama, based on life — that spends time with a group of small-towners who have numerous things in common: sex, friendship, family ties, angst, money problems, and questions about what…
