This Week in Independent Film

  • Title: Choke
  • IMDB: link

Based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk, Sam Rockwell stars as a sex-addict con man known to fake choking in upscale restaraunts who attempts to solve the mystery of his father’s identity with the help of his mother’s physician (Kelly Macdonald) and his best friend (Brad William Henke).  Anjelica Huston, Kathryn Alexander, Clark Gregg, and Bijou Phillips also star.  We’ve seen it, and we’ll have the review for you when the film opens in limited release in select cities on Friday.