Fri. Oct. 19

Like many of you, Gina Gershon came to my attention big time in "Bound," being rather naked and tied up in knots, and now the actress is back at you with "In Search of Cleo: How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind," which is a provacative title, but her pussy is indeed Cleo the cat and Gershon is, like, my wife a cat lady at heart. (I would I guess be a cat man, though that word is not tossed around so much.) Basic plot: Gershon's assistant loses Cleo and Gershon launches a two-month search through L.A. for her darling beloved, seeking help from people including Ellen DeGeneres who recommends she visit her pet psychic, Sonia. Then, there's Arthur, the newspaper delivery man who gives her advice; and the mysterious fortune-teller, who appears from the shadows to give her a statue of Saint Gertrude, the protector of cats everywhere. Gina soon finds herself enmeshed in L.A.’s strangest subcultures, doing everything she can to bring Cleo home, including chanting with a bunch of crystal-wielding hippies and being slapped with a chicken by a Santeria priest. Along the way, she reflects on the various cats that have been a part of her life and shares her travails as a single girl in search of both her cat and some sanity. Reading at 7 pm, free.

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