Taking Tiger Mountain

Looking for an experimental dystopian science fiction tale about radical feminist terrorists who kidnap young men, brainwash them, and release them into society in order to carry out their agenda (in this case, political assassination)? Well, whatever you just pictured in your mind as you read that description is probably nothing like Taking Tiger Mountain, …

Chappaqua

"Exterminate all rational thought," commands the great William Burroughs as we enter Naked Lunch- sage advice, since not heeding his warning will leave you frustrated and confused as you wander around his mad, but brilliant world. Conrad Rooks' Chappaqua requires a similar mindset; an exploration of what it's like to go through drug withdrawal, the …

Naked Lunch

"Almost never" is the answer you should give to the question "how often is a movie adaptation as good as- or better than- the book?" Sure, someone like Stanley Kubrick will find a so-so book and use it as fodder for a brilliant movie, but when the novel is great to begin with, the filmmaker …