Teddy Bears' Picnic

At first, it's hard to know what to call actor-writer-director Harry Shearer's bizarre film: It doesn't meet the minimum number of laughs to qualify as a comedy — two would have clinched it — and it's far too asinine to be taken seriously. But if you're at all familiar with the rumors surrounding the closely guarded activities at Bohemian Grove, the ultra-exclusive Sonoma Valley playground where the power elite are rumored to meet for two weeks of all-male hijinks and bizarre ritual, you'll slowly come to realize that it's meant to be a satire. The film purports to reveal the secret midsummer shenanigans at the fictional Zambesi Glen, a woodsy, Northern Cal...