BuyCincy is pleased to introduce a new column from Bughouse Video, "Cincinnati’s only independently-owned arthouse video rental store." The crew from Bughouse will be stopping by on a regular basis to give us their picks for new releases, hidden gems, or anything they think you might dig.

Crazy Love (new release 10/16/07)

Review by Jessica @ bughouse video

I feel wrong, numb, and hauntingly confused. Why did I sit through 92 minutes of wrong-ness, what compelled me, and why did I really ENJOY this documentary? Answer: This story is just too crazy to NOT be true that it was hard to peel my eyes away (obvious pun not intended). Late 1950’s: Cute young Brooklynite Linda Riss catches the eye of an older thirty-something Burt Pugach while he was driving down the street one day; he can’t get her out of his head and pursues her with the tenacity of…well, a crazy person. Burt wines and dines Linda for several years, wooing her with his lawyerly wealth and celebrity connections (me thinks Linda wanted his money as she is getting ready to marry this guy)…until Linda finally figures out why there will be no wedding bells – Burt is already married – oh the horror!

BuyCincy is pleased to introduce a new column from Bughouse Video, "Cincinnati’s only independently-owned arthouse video rental store." The crew from Bughouse will be stopping by on a regular basis to give us their picks for new releases, hidden gems, or anything they think you might dig.

You would think that a not-so-great script, sub-par acting, and a budget of $25k would render this film virtually forgotten in the scrap heap of “first films”…but there’s so much more to experience and appreciate in Mala Noche, Gus van Sant’s first feature film. Tim Streeter stars as Walt, a clerk at the local liquor/convenience store in the seedy Old Town section of Portland, Oregon who falls hard for an illegal Mexican immigrant teenager (Johnny).