A great collection of film reviews from the same time period in which I first became interested in film as more than just entertainment. Anne Billson's critiques encapsulate the snarky, low-rent cinephile swagger of the eighties underground film fan, and I'm sincere when I say that I mean that in a nice way. Like other critic's spawned from the horror film worshipers of the pre-internet small press, Billson manages to counter a deep knowledge of and respect for film history with a healthy cynicism about the current state of the move-going experience. The selection of films reviewed in this collection highlight some of the major film events of the early nineties, whether it's the emergence of a new talent with Reservoir Dogs, or the death of a childhood fantasy with Hook, and reading her reviews in chronological order serves as a time-capsule of cinematic exploration as seen through a sarcastic stranger's slightly jaded eyes. ( )