These two film students in the Czech Republic decide to conceive of
and advertise a huge temporary shopping center. They hire image
professionals and a slick Prague ad agency and attract lots of
attention. There’s only one catch: The whole thing is a hoax. The consumers don’t find out until they show up to consume. It’s a
comedy, but it’s tense, and it actually happened. See review,
page 82. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 267-5380. 7
and 9:15 pm, $8.50.)

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...