A Gato Negro Films production. Produced, directed, written by Sebastian Gutierrez.

Elektra Luxx - Carla Gugino
Doris - Connie Britton
Holly Rocket - Adrianne Palicki
Bambi - Emmanuelle Chriqui
Maxine McPherson - Sarah Clarke
Cora - Marley Shelton
Rita - Rya Kihlstedt

It is tempting to see Francis Ford Coppola’s latest work — “Tetro,” a visually lush cinematic fugue about love, ambivalence and two brothers fleeing the dark shadow of their domineering father, a world-famous conductor — through the lens of autobiography. But like much of this movie, the lens appears clouded. Mr. Coppola’s father, Carmine, who died in 1991, was a rather less celebrated musician, best known for some of the scores for his youngest son’s films, including “The Godfather: Part II” and “Apocalypse Now.” Then again, the ravenous, larger-than-life patriarch in “Tetro” could also be a self-portrait of the director.

It's been claimed more than once that vampires are the new zombies, and a quick glance at the Fantasia Film Festival's programming would seem to settle the matter. That said, no genre festival would be complete with at least one picture to bear the flesh-eating banner, and this year the role falls to David Morley's Mutants. Unfortunately, Morley's uninspired entry fails to carry the standard. Shot in a barren Picardy, buried in snow and washed in gray, Mutants left me feeling cold.

I have a confession to make. My status as a certified Kansas City Barbecue Society judge has been, until this weekend, largely ceremonial. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve sat through the certification course and I’ve judged my share of contests.

Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?