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- LizFlix Reviews: The Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary (world premiere reviewed at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival)
I knew very little about the history making “Happy Hooker” before attending the 2008 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. “Xaviera Hollander” wasn’t a household name in my family’s home, but to me its lush syllables suggest the kind of exoticism meaning “sex goddess” in any language. Xaviera Hollander: ‘The Happy Hooker’: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary [...]
- LizFlix Reviews: The English Surgeon (reviewed at Silverdocs)
I was very apprehensive about viewing Geoffrey Smith’s latest feature-length documentary film, The English Surgeon. I think it was the picture on the movie’s poster - the grave, concerned face of the film’s neurosurgeon subject - that set me up to be a cynic. At first sight, Dr. Henry Marsh seems to satisfy all [...]
- LizFlix Reviews: Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
Chris Bell grew up a middle child, stuck between two tough guy brothers bent on being the biggest, the strongest, and the fastest. All three siblings shared the dream of becoming body building celebrities, similar to cultural superheroes like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hulk Hogan. But while two of the Bell boys turned to steroids to [...]
