Leading lesbian filmmaker Cheryl Dunne (The Watermelon Woman, 1996) returns to indie filmmaking after a stint in Tinseltown with The Owls (2010), a quirky combination of thriller and political manifesto. The Owls (which in this film stands for Older, Wiser Lesbians) stars Guinevere Turner, V.S. Brodie, and Lisa Gornick as the former members of riot grrl band The Screech, now partnered off and living unhappily in California. Along with