Movies: John Read

Four independent short films comprise this quirky anthology. "Coriolis Effect" (1994) is an offbeat love story involving storm chasers. In the Oscar-nominated "Solly's Diner" (1979), a homeless man (Larry Hankin, who also directs) witnesses a holdup....

A vibrantly funny look at filmmaking as a megalomaniacal Italian film auteur charged with directing a big-budget musical about the Mafia, decides in mi-shoot that the project is beneath him!...