From the Archives: Master Roasters Freddie Roman and Jeffrey Ross.

Director/producer Nick Park is the academy award- winning creator of the much-loved animated British characters Wallace & Gromit. Director/producer Peter Lord is Chairman and co-founder of the clay animation studios Aardman, where Park created his short films featuring Wallace & Gromit (“A Grand Day Out,” “The Wrong Trousers” and “A Close Shave.”) They collaborated on their first full-length feature film, “Chicken Run” an animated escape film with chickens as the escapers. It’s now out on video. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/19/2000)

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the new show “Queer as Folk,” which premieres on Showtime this Sunday night. The series is an American version of the controversial British show of the same name.

Film critic Henry Sheehan review the Taiwanese film “Yi Yi” (yee- yee {long ‘E’}) which was a hit at Cannes and is just making its way to US theaters.