Yet another extremely sexually explicit offering that dresses itself up as serious art. This collection of short movies is directed by various culture alumini including Kids director Larry Clark, artist Sam Taylor Wood, Irreversible's director Gaspar Noe, and most surprisingly Demolition Man director Marco Brambilla. Unlike the recently reviewed Shortbus, there rarely seems little point to any of the movies. They've tried to melt sex and art but just end up with a pretentious collection of images. This is a JM THUMBS DOWN.
From the director of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, comes this very sexually explicit movie about gay and straight relationships that converge at the infamous Shortbus, an underground club where anything goes. During the first five minutes you wonder if this film is mutton dressed up as lamb or porn dressed up as art, with some of the most graphic sex scenes committed to celluloid outside of the adult movie industry. The film is actually strangely mesmerising with some great performances and deals with some very interesting issues about sexuality without falling in to cliches. This is not for everybody, but is definitely a unique watch, and thus a 
