Venus Boyz (DVD)
German director Gabriel Baur (QUEEN OF BED) explores the world of drag kings, inter-sexed persons, and transgendered women in her documentary, VENUS BOYZ. Through in-depth interviews and clips of performances, the film focuses on biological women who push the boundaries of gender norms. Featuring drag kings Mo B. Dick, DRED Gerestant, Storme Webber, Diane Torr, Del la Grace Volcano, and Bridge Markland, this film is a fascinating look at a world that the mainstream rarely recognizes. Some of these women perform as men for the sense of empowerment they experience; other drag kings are embracing a natural affinity toward the masculine. Del la Grace Volcano and the New Men take the process a step further by experimenting with testosterone in order to increase their masculine aspects. Overall, the transformations these women undergo are astonishing, whether for purely artistic reasons or for more deeply rooted emotional ones. Baur captures the passion that the performers bring to the stage and never judges their motives or choices. Instead, she presents a world that many people may have never considered, and makes it accessible to the masses.NR"
Director: Gabriel Baur
Dark Shadows - V. 180 (VHS)
Episodes 896-900. A vengeful Judah possesses Gerard.NR"
SongXpress - Inspirational Songs Vol. 2 (VHS)
Learn to play even more beautiful songs with uplifting messages! Chords, strumming, and fingerpicking patterns are provided so that you may stage your own performances. Among the songs you will learn: Unanswered Prayers, Butterfly Kisses, Forever`s As Far As I`ll Go, and Jesus and Mama. NR"
Light Keeps Me Company (DVD)
Sven Nykvist is one of the most respected cinematographers in the history of world cinema. Among his 123 film credits, Nykvist is known primarily as the man who photographed many of Ingmar Bergman`s stark Swedish film classics including PERSONA and WINTER LIGHT. Nykvist`s Bergman films demonstrated a style based more in naturalistic lighting than the slick standard that was heavily influenced by Hollywood. His pencil sketch approached allowed not only for the realism defined by the lighting, but also framed characters with the distance required for Bergman`s deep psychological portraits. Nykvist would go on to shoot films of that are among the most visually complex, subtle, and beautiful with many of the world`s first rate directors including PRETTY BABY (Louis Malle), THE SACRIFICE (Andrei Tarkovsky), THE TENANT (Roman Polanski), and CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (Woody Allen). He also branched out into directing with a work of stunning visuals, THE OX. This portrait of the cinematographer and his images is a labor of love, directed by his son Carl-Gustav Nykvist, who has followed in his father`s footsteps. Many of Nykvist`s collaborators are interviewed, including Polanski, Allen, Susan Sarandon, Liv Ullman, and Gena Rowlands.NR"
Director: Carl-Gustaf Nykvist
Madman (DVD)
Considered by some to be an unsung slasher classic, MADMAN follows the lives (and gruesome deaths) of six counselors working at the North Sea Cottages for Gifted Children during the chilly month of November. After hearing the tale of Madman Marz, the local psycho who murdered his family and who will supposedly appear if his name is called loudly enough, one unfortunate victim tempts fate by doing exactly that. Soon enough, the inevitable happens, and bloody, axe-grinding mayhem ensues.R"
Director: Joe Giannone
ACTORS: Gaylen Ross, Alexis Dubin, Tony Fish, Harriet Bass, Seth Jones
