A Benefit For the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (Glue Factory). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Various Artists (Compadre). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Sex, political intrigue, and… ancient Greece? Carl F. Gauze explains why Daniel Chavarria’s The Eye of Cybele is perfect summer reading.

It’s love – Bollywood style – in director Mira Nair’s new film, Monsoon Wedding. Carl F. Gauze tries to catch the garter.

In a top secret press conference, Napster founder Shawn Fanning at last revealed the beleaguered file-swapping service’s business model. Ink 19’s Carl F. Gauze was there.

Editor Norman Kelly takes a hard look at this business of black music in Rhythm And Business, a series of essays on the economic place of blacks in the music industry. Carl F. Gauze does the math.

Explore the Web’s oddest gallery of musical instruments and antiquated recording equipment. Carl F. Gauze shows you the way.

According to Carl F. Gauze, there’s about a half-hour of great police thriller material in director Ray Lawrence’s Lantana. Unfortunately, the film’s three times longer than that…

Carl F. Gauze turns his “sick and twisted” eye to The Don and Bill Show: Slightly Bent, a collection of animated shorts from Don Hertzfeldt and Bill Plympton.

French sex farces enter the Digital Age with Paul Renders’ new film, Thomas In Love. Carl F. Gauze logs on for a “free trial.”

Focus finds William H. Macy and Laura Dern mistaken for Jews in an anti-Semitic community in the 1940s. Carl F. Gauze wonders whether director Neil Slavin needs glasses.

Sex, drugs, and… oral hygiene? That’s what happens when dentist Steve Martin falls for junkie Helena Bonham Carter in director David Atkins’ new film, Novocaine. Carl F. Gauze might prefer a root canal…

From personal minutia to world events, Carl F. Gauze looks back on 2001.

Radio Waves (Milan Entertainment). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Miss Roboto (Manic Music). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

French film comedy isn’t all Jerry Lewis – they do romantic comedies, just like us. As if to prove this point, Carl F. Gauze takes a look at director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s new romantic comedy, Amélie.

If we have to tell you what Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is about, you must live under a rock. Even noted art film aficionado Carl F. Gauze has been sucked in by the unstoppable juggernaut.

Sounds Like Christmas (Magna Carta Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Why is Carl F. Gauze thankful for travel? Find out.

Carl F. Gauze takes a ride down Mulholland Drive, director David Lynch’s latest entry into the “surreal film of the century” sweepstakes.