Byrne’s affectionate comedy of funhouse Americana is one of the most ahead-of-its-time films of the 1980s.
All of the broad physical humor in the world can’t distract from the fact that the film is an endorsement of psychological exploitation.
Gurney discusses how his plays have been labeled and the risk that often comes with putting so much of himself on the stage.
The film is a studied testament to the splintered state of the gay community.
Duplex gets the top-notch audio/video treatment, but supplemental materials are on the embarrassing side.
Been there, done that.
Rules of Attraction is less a film than a queasy collection of vignettes that both mourn and mock teen anomie.
The film’s absurdist scenarios bring to mind Pee Wee’s Big Adventure.