City of Joy
City of Joy 1992, PG-13, 132 min. Directed by Roland Joffe, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Art Malik. Joffe often walks a thin line between colonialism and going native. In his films The Killing Fields and The Missionary, he falls off on one side or…
Falling From Grace
Falling From Grace 1992, PG-13, 100 min. Directed by John Mellencamp, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring John Mellencamp, Mariel Hemingway, Kay Lenz, Claude Akins, Dub Taylor, Larry Crane, Kate Noonan. Like Thomas Wolfe, Falling From Grace observes the problems inherent in returning to your roots: maybe you can go home again, but you…
Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers 1992, NR, 91 min. Directed by Mick Garris, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Alice Krige, Brian Krause, Ron Perlman, Madchen Amick. Do I really need to waste time telling you how awful the new “Stephen King Movie” turned out? Should I ramble on about how Mick Garris (Critters 2, Psycho IV) has…
Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
Ferngully: The Last Rainforest 1992, G, 76 min. Directed by Bill Kroyer, Narrated by , Voices by Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Robin Williams, Grace Zabriskie, Tim Curry, Jonathan Ward, Starring . Just when you thought you’d been ecologized to death, here comes another preachy-teachy, green cartoon. But wait, this is no Captain Planet of the…
Thank You and Good Night!
Thank You and Good Night! 1992. Directed by Jan Oxenberg, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mae Joffe, Jan Oxenberg, Helen Oxenberg, Richard Oxenberg. Life and death and laughs in Brooklyn. Thank You and Good Night! is like a home-made greeting card, sent to the far reaches of the universe where the dead still…
Singin’ in the Rain
Singin’ in the Rain 1952, NR, 103 min. D: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen; with Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor. Arguably the greatest movie musical of all time, Singin’ in the Rain features terrific performances and music, sensational Technicolor images, and a plot that hinges on the problems inherent to early Hollywood talkies.
