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'Strange Culture' Desconstructs Documentary Formnew
Lynn Hershman Leeson deconstructs the documentary form in Strange Culture, the Kafka-esque saga of Steve Kurtz, an artist whose work concerns biotechnology and GMO foods.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
09-27-2007 |
Reviews
Disturbingly Hilarious
When Cindy married Frank in the early 1980s, she thought she was getting a sweet deal: He was cute, 17 years her junior and in a band whose single was climbing the charts.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
03-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Frank & Cindy, G.J. Echternkamp
Offbeat Comedy About Adult Swim Class Explores Human Fear
This gentle, offbeat comedy about an adult swim class explores fear, grief and the loss of control without drowning in gloom.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ishai Setton, The Big Bad Swim
Stylish Flick Captures Small-Town Reality
This film captures a group of college friends who drift apart and come to grips with the harsh realities of adulthood.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
03-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Analog Days, Mike Ott
The American Road Movie, in Frenchnew
Simultaneously mysterious and mundane, the debut film from French-Moroccan director Ismael Ferroukhi holds up a mirror to the American road movie.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
09-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ismael Ferroukhi, Le Grand Voyage
Tough Lovenew
The typical boy-meets-girl romantic comedy is given an upgrade when it's suicide attempts that bring two people together. They marry each other to get away, and -- surprise, surprise -- fall in love.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Fatih Akin, Head-On
