Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 1993, PG, 99 min. Directed by John Madden, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Liam Neeson, Joan Allen, Patricia Arquette, Tate Donovan, Katharine Houghton. Based upon the novel of forbidden passion and despair in the grim, frostbitten rural life of 19th-century New England, the cinematic version of Ethan Frome translates as a…
Boiling Point
Boiling Point 1993. Directed by James B. Harris, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper, Lolita Davidovich, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Valerie Perrine. Gerald Petievich’s novels are usually tensely atmospheric thrillers that feed on themselves, layering scenes, characters and dialogue until Los Angeles, the city that seems to cover half the…
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff 1991. Directed by Ken Loach, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Robert Carlyle, Emer Mccourt, Jimmy Cleman, George Moss, Ricky Tomlinson. Riff-Raff is a comedy/drama with a ferocious social conscience. As seen through the eyes of a Scottish working class stiff biding time on a London construction crew, life is a dead end…
Peking Opera Blues
Deception and betrayal in culture and politics take center stage in this splendid narrative that shifts between farce and violence, suspense and emotionality.
Discrète, La
Discrète, La 1990, NR, 94 min. Directed by Christian Vincent, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Fabrice Luchini, Judith Henry, Maurice Garrel, Marie Bunel. Like fellow countrymen Eric Rohmer and Francois Truffaut, newcomer Vincent has a razor keen eye for the tiny, seemingly trivial details that most people never even bother to pick up…
