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Review

An inventive blend of noir, science fiction and a lesbian adventure tale, this quirky, audacious first feature from Hilary Brougher (who also wrote the script) is a wonderful example of adventurous independent American filmmaking. Tucker Harding (Terumi Matthews) is a beautiful young woman and self-assured pulp crime writer living with her sultry female lover Ophelia (Belinda Becker) in 1950's New York. But through a mysterious quirk in linear time, she finds herself, when just going out for some coffee, transposed to the present day East Village. It is here that she meets up with Isaac, a friend from her past, and befriends Drew, a suicidal young woman and aspiring writer who seems to have a cosmic relationship with Tucker. As the story unfolds, Tucker discovers she is not the only unwitting “time freak” in town (1950s H-bomb detonations the cause) but that she will (or has been) murdered. A promising romance is begun, and an embittered passion holds the reign to her future. Filmed both black & white (the fifties) and color (present day), this adventurous tale, belying its low budget, goes beyond the normal lesbian-themed fare into delightful, uncharted territory infused with cool intelligence.