Kathryn Alexander Movies
Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) has got some problems -- when he's not at Sex Addicts Anonymous meetings hunting for women to bed, he masquerades as a choking victim in restaurants as a scheme to gather money from unsuspecting strangers, which he uses to keep his ailing mother (Anjelica Huston) in a high-end extended-care facility for her extreme dementia. But what happens when this messed up Colonial-era theme-park employee finds Mrs. Right in the guise of his mother's doctor -- and how can he give their relationship a try when she tells him he's the next coming of Jesus Christ? Based on Chuck Palahniuk's (Fight Club) pitch-black comedic novel, Choke is adapted and directed by David Mamet alumni Clark Gregg, whose career spans stage, screen, and TV work as well as a screenplay credit for Robert Zemeckis' 2000 thriller What Lies Beneath. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, (more)
- 2003
Filmmaker Jim Mendiola's third DV feature spins a humanistic yarn concerning a San Francisco-based video artist who returns to her home in Texas. Following an unsuccessful attempt to pay back 45,000 dollars in debt by selling folk art door to door, videographer Amalia Ortiz steps back behind the camera after discovering local Chicano punk rockers Speeder. Inspired by their image and attitude, Cruz sees much potential in the young musicians and attempts to persuade them to go before her cameras for a documentary. Despite Ortiz's fixation on making a the film, the only thing Speeder seems to care about is getting a music video made. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Amalia Ortiz, Xelina Flores, (more)
