Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Soft Toilet Seats' examines life in suburbs

Amie Howell
University Wire
03-08-2000
(Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- For first-time film director Tina Valinsky, the best inspiration seems to come from the bathroom.

"Soft Toilet Seats," an independent film written and directed by Valinsky, and produced by Shirley Craig, is set to open this Friday in theaters in Woodland Hills and Hollywood.

The dark comedy, set in the San Fernando Valley, chronicles Arne Steinberg's (David Alex Rosen) reluctant move to the suburbs - only to discover his newly purchased home has a mysterious past.

The offbeat title may cause some raised eyebrows, but it makes perfect sense to Valinsky. While her home was accidentally flooded, she was forced to rent ...

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