A Little Stiff
NR, 30 min.
Directed by Greg Watkins, Caveh Zahedi, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Patrick Park, Erin Mckim, Greg Watkins, Caveh Zahedi.

In addition to co-directing, Zahedi stars in this humorous reflection on love and infatuation, in which a shy and awkward art-school student determines to win the love of a classmate. Filmed in black-and-white, the movie offers a deadpan take on youthful angst. (NR, 83 min.). Also showing is “Leche” (1998) D: Naomi Uman. “Leche” is an anecdotal documentary that was hand-processed and dried on a clothesline. It details the lives of one Mexican family.

This article appears in August 11 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.