Get This Guy a Date

Sex and the single-minded

It's not so surprising that the Village Voice—renowned for its fullfrontal personal ads—has its own SWM film critic. David Edelstein's lovelorn life-style spills over into his reviews (he'll soon be seen strutting his stuff on HBO—if the pilot flies). Hold that tiger.

On Sandrine Bonnaire in A Nos Amours: "In her short skirts and tight blouses, she has an untamable, leonine air. She's punishingly desirable. . . .The mere sight of her causes pain."

On Nicollette Sheridan in The Sure Thing: "The hero passes up the chance to make love to the title goddess—a lithe, tanned blonde with a body that's like an ice-cream shower in July—because he's really in love with his considerably plainer traveling companion.

. . . But the horny kid's decision is preposterous. . . .There's nothing sensitive about spurning a willing, pretty girl for one less readily agreeable .It's called being a moron. ' '

On Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan: "With her meaty little body, flared nostrils, and lewdly puckered lips, she's imperiously trampy—just walking down the street she seems X-rated. ' '

On Kathryn Harrold, Carole Laure, and Carol Wayne in Heartbreakers: "Blue (PeterCoyote). . . gets to sleep with Kathryn Harrold, Carole Laure, and Carol Wayne in one movie. ' '

On John Lurie, of Stranger than Paradise: "He reminds me that once after several beers, I'd asked if Eszter Balint had a boyfriend. "

On Random Positions: "It's one of the most powerful distillations of sexual anxiety I've seen outside my own bedroom. "