No Pay, Nudity (November 28th at the Cleveland Cinematheque)

[NO PAY, NUDITY screens Monday, November 28 at 7 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque. The director will be on hand for the screening.]



Review by Eric Sever

A sweet and heartfelt portrait of actors, NO PAY, NUDITY is refreshing in that it approaches the subject not through the eyes of tight-boded aspiring starlets or famous masters of their crafts, but rather through the experiences of an over-the-hill gaggle of has-beens and never-quite-weres. 

The film opens on out-of-work actor Lester Rosenthal (Gariel Byrne) drudging through New York, carrying his beloved dog to the vet. After some awkward interactions about his former soap opera career, Lester learns that Max must be put down.