This week: 'Naked Acts' restored, 'Mi Vida Loca' in 35mm, B. Ruby Rich on New Queer Cinema, New Iranian Cinema, 'I Used to Be Funny' and the 'Ocean's' trilogy on 35mm.
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. In what could be a major sign of changes to come across the industry, this week Sony Pictures Entertainment bought the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain, known for its idiosyncratic programming and dine-in theater experience.
In a key storyline, two friends, Sad Girl and Mousie , become pregnant by the same boy. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993. When it received a commercial release in 1994, in his review for The Times, Kevin Thomas called the film “well-meaning but misguided,” adding, “You respect Anders’ impulse not to judge, but her context and characters are simply too shallow not to make most everyone seem foolish.
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