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Peter's Friends

This is not the type of film I had expected the multi-talented Branagh to make next; after the success of Henry V and the scissor-heavy...

Film Review, Dec. 25, 1992

The Ox

At once a gorgeous, near-perfect film as well as a resolutely depressing story, The Ox is beautiful to look at, even as you keep pinching...

Film Review, Dec. 18, 1992

Leap of Faith

It's easy to forget, sometimes, that Steve Martin can be more than just another rubber-faced comic, mining the yuks where he finds them and wandering...

Film Review, Dec. 18, 1992

Zebrahead

Winner of the 1992 Sundance Film Festival's Filmmaker's Award, Anthony Drazan's directorial debut is a scorching little story that examines the inherent hazards of an...

Film Review, Dec. 11, 1992

The Distinguished Gentleman

There's something fundamentally unholy about a film whose press release calls Eddie Murphy the Jimmy Stewart of the Nineties. Granted, The Distinguished Gentleman plays as...

Film Review, Dec. 11, 1992

1991: The Year Punk Broke

The first punk rock tour documentary? Hardly. The early Eighties produced a mini-tsunami of films and videos chronicling the goings-on within the punk scene, on...

Film Review, Dec. 4, 1992

Once Upon a Time in China

Set in the turbulent world of 19th-century China, University of Texas alumnus Hark has fashioned an epic tale of a country and its people in...

Film Review, Dec. 4, 1992

The Tune

If nothing else, we can thank MTV for bringing Bill Plympton's outrageous “Plymptoons” series to the twentysomethings of the world. His 15-60-second dollops of water-colored...

Film Review, Nov. 27, 1992

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Coppola's take on the very old story is deliciously fresh. Oldman's Dracula has a stylized, almost hyperreal clarity and a singular weirdness.

Film Review, Nov. 20, 1992

Jennifer Eight

The story behind Jennifer 8 is nearly as interesting as the film itself, what with the behind-the-scenes infighting between director Robinson and his producers. Rumored...

Film Review, Nov. 13, 1992

Dr. Giggles

Who would have thought that a formula horror film about a deranged M.D.'s son with an outlandish penchant for vengeance could be such a hoot?...

Film Review, Oct. 30, 1992

Reservoir Dogs

For all the hoopla and controversy surrounding Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs is, at its bloody, tough-guy heart, a thin little film, gorgeous though...

Film Review, Oct. 30, 1992

Consenting Adults

Wife-swapping plotlines always sound as if they'd be better off as part of a Kids in the Hall sketch, but director Pakula has managed to...

Film Review, Oct. 23, 1992

Candyman

Despite the fact that this is based on a very solid short story by Clive Barker, Britain's more literate answer to Stephen King, Candyman is...

Film Review, Oct. 23, 1992

Hero

It's getting to look like Stephen Frears may be the most cynical filmmaker of our time. A sampling of his track record up to now...

Film Review, Oct. 2, 1992

The Best Intentions

Working from Ingmar Bergman's highly personal script, director Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror) gives us a glimpse into the lives of Bergman's parents, from their...

Film Review, Sep. 25, 1992

Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth

To borrow a truism from Harlan Ellison, it's xenogenesis, folks: the children are not like their parents. So rarely is the sequel anywhere near the...

Film Review, Sep. 18, 1992

School Ties

In a Hollywood powerscape where so many of the key players come from Jewish backgrounds, it's rather peculiar that there have been so few films...

Film Review, Sep. 18, 1992

Zentropa

Narrated by Max Von Sydow, Zentropa tells the story of Leopold Kessler (Barr), an idealistic young German-American who travels to Berlin in the aftermath of...

Film Review, Sep. 18, 1992

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Trying to describe Tetsuo is like trying to describe the aftermath of a plane crash -- one that you've just been in. Twisted scraps of...

Film Review, Sep. 11, 1992

Pet Sematary Two

As I sit here typing this, HBO is running in the background; coincidentally, it's Mary Lambert's original Pet Sematary that's showing tonight, and I'm having...

Film Review, Sep. 4, 1992

Fresh

Like the speed chess games that twelve-year-old Fresh (Nelson) plays with his father (Jackson), Yakin films follows a subtle, powerful logic, slowly building from a...

Film Review, Sep. 2, 1992

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

What with all the recent hue and cry over the anniversary of that famous voyage by a lowly Genovesian cartographer, it should hardly come as...

Film Review, Aug. 28, 1992

Stay Tuned

No matter how hard you try, it's always difficult not to second-guess films you haven't seen yet, and judging solely from the promotional trailers that...

Film Review, Aug. 21, 1992

Spike & Mike's 1992 Festival of Animation

Featuring 18 different animated shorts from around the world, this 1992 collection highlights the best and the brightest (as well as the tedious and the...

Film Review, Aug. 21, 1992

Amazon

The Amazon River Basin -- seething with life, death, corruption and rebirth -- has always been easy food for filmmakers, and though this new film...

Film Review, Aug. 14, 1992

The Adjuster

Noah Render (Koteas) spends his days, his nights, and every waking hour in between, working as a claims adjuster for his insurance firm. To his...

Film Review, Aug. 7, 1992

Cold Heaven

Nicholas Roeg has never been one to give straight answers in his films, be it The Man Who Fell to Earth (with David Bowie as...

Film Review, Jul. 31, 1992

Mom and Dad Save the World

Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Scripted several years back by Chris Matheson (son of Fifties sci-fi icon and Ray Bradbury cohort, Richard Matheson), Mom...

Film Review, Jul. 31, 1992

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Take this one for what it is, an entertaining Disney comedy of really large proportions, and you'll have a ball. Take it as anything else...

Film Review, Jul. 24, 1992

Society

In this British thriller, a kid discovers that the members of his wealthy, Beverly Hills family may not be what they seem.

Film Review, Jul. 24, 1992

Dream Deceivers: The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest

Documentary about the famous case brought against Judas Priest by the parents of two troubled teens who committed suicide – because of alleged backward masking on an album.

Film Review, Jul. 17, 1992

A Woman's Tale

Written specifically for lead Sheila Florance, this new film from Paul Cox (Vincent, Golden Braid) is a semi-autobiographical account of the last days in the...

Film Review, Jul. 17, 1992

The Linguini Incident

The best thing about The Linguini Incident (despite the fact that it has nothing to do with linguini) is its decidedly odd ensemble cast. After...

Film Review, Jul. 10, 1992

The Castle of Cagliostro

What can you say about a film whose story credit goes to a guy named “Monkey Punch?” I'd like to say that sums it all...

Film Review, Jun. 26, 1992

Vampire Hunter D

Five years ago, a friend of mine floated me a copy of Vampire Hunter D that had originally been duped from a Japanese laserdisc. Despite...

Film Review, Jun. 26, 1992

Aces: Iron Eagle III

It's been years since I've come across a film with a script this poor. It's almost as if screenwriter Kevin Elders had set out to...

Film Review, Jun. 19, 1992

The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

This is one of those seemingly unclassifiable little romantic comedies that nevertheless fits best into the category of Films With More Words in their Title...

Film Review, Jun. 12, 1992

A Midnight Clear

Set in the Ardennes Forest during Christmas 1944, A Midnight Clear is one of those films that starts out so strong that you almost want...

Film Review, Jun. 5, 1992

Delicatessen

Set in some sort of post-apocalyptic Parisian deli o' the damned, this is a lunatic's take on the future of man.

Film Review, Jun. 5, 1992

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