What if they gave an orgy and...

....if I finish the line it'll spoil the plot.
      TONIGHT at 9PM
      One of today's Florida Film Festival recommendations is based on that concept. Cummings Farm is kind of like a "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" for the new millenium, a comedy about three couples trying to spice up their relationships by meeting at a sweet little family lake house, Cummings Farm, for a little orgy between friends. Imagine "The Big Chill" with lube...kinda. I mean, think about it. The planning. The guest list. The awkwardness. The people you had to invite because they're so-and-so's boyfriend or girlfriend....consider this and a picture starts to emerge of something that makes you realize that this nowhere near so straight-forward a prospect as "Caligula" made it look like.

       TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY APRIL 14   3:30 PM
       WINTER'S BONE (Enzian)
       Those of you who follow this blog might think this is a porn film set in Alaska. Not even close.
       It is, however, one of the best narrative features you'll see at the Film Festival, a totally engrossing tale of Ozark drug culture and a teenage girl who has to find her dad and face the opposition group of people so flinty they make Ebeneezer Scrooge look like Julie Andrews. Grim - no question - but so authentic you'll feel at times like you're watching something on Bio.

        Speaking of, there are two documentaries I haven't seen but have heard high praise for,  and one I have seen that's a  must-see. THE TIGER NEXT DOOR (3:30 pm) and RACING DREAMS (6pm, also Saturday at 4pm) are two about which I've heard nothing but good things. Then there's BEST WORST MOVIE which I jabbered on and on about yesterday and which you'll be glad you saw. Nothing puts your own concerns in perspective like spending some time with the actors and director who were in or were responsible for a film widely regarded as THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE.
       That's it for now, more tomorrow....