Movies
June, 1997
Writer-Director Kevin Smith, whose flashy debut with Clerks was followed by the disappointing Mallrats, gets back on track with Chasing Amy (Miramax). Wry, wise and sexually ambiguous, the movie dramatizes the plight of Holden and Banky (Ben Affleck and Jason Lee), two comic-book artists whose relationship begins to unravel when Holden falls for Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams). Trouble is, she's a professed lesbian as well as another comic-book artist. "I'm fucking gay," she tells Holden, b...
