May 10, 2005 PALINDROMES by Antonio Pasolini Todd Solondz's new film PALINDROMES takes a Fassbinderian sensitivity to the heart of American suburbia. PALINDROMES tells the story of Aviva, who wants to get pregnant at any cost and when she does it, her mother (Ellen Barkin) forces her to have an abortion. She reluctantly submits to it, but then escapes home, falls in love with a trucker and finds refuge with a group of Christian fundamentalists. Solondz borrowed from Luis Bunuel's That Obscure Object of Desire the idea of using several actors to play the same character; seven different actresses play Aviva. This narrative device works the trick and highlights her different emotional states to great effect. A superb film with great ideas and beautiful cinematography that is redolent of the best of European 1970s art cinema. The monthly round-up of London film releases