Suture
Suture 1994. Directed by Michael Lessac, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kathleen Turner, Tommy Lee Jones, Asha Menina, Shiloh Strong, Esther Rolle, Park Overall. How do you know who you are? Is identity the sum of social appearances and assumptions or does it stem from something internal and personal? Perspective is everything, and…
2nd International Festival of Short Films
2nd International Festival of Short Films 1994. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Eleven short live-action films. Two hours total running time. Some excellent films. Some mediocre pieces. None bad. This second collection of short films is an admirable effort on the part of Andalusian Pictures to make short films…
Chasers
Chasers 1994, R, 102 min. Directed by Dennis Hopper, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tom Berenger, William McNamara, Erika Eleniak, Gary Busey, Crispin Glover, Seymour Cassel, Frederic Forrest, Marilu Henner, Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell. Heaven and the Sensitive, New Age Guys of America help me, I liked this film. By all I hold…
Janis Joplin Slept Here
Janis Joplin Slept Here 1994. Directed by Tara Veneruso, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Rick Linklater, Jimmie Vaughan, Clifford Antone, Louis Black, Nick Barbaro. East Coast native and freshman filmmaker Tara Veneruso’s passion for the ever-evolving music scene in Austin led her to the capital of Texas for this documentary on its legendary…
Bad Girls
Bad Girls 1994, R, 99 min. Directed by Jonathan Kaplan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Drew Barrymore, Andie Macdowell, James Russo, James Legros, Robert Loggia, Dermot Mulroney. Great title. Bad movie. Capitalizing on our fetishistic attraction to the image of women and guns (helped along by the recent…
Fiorile
Fiorile 1993. Directed by Paolo, Vittorio Taviani, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Galatea Ranzi; Claudio Bigagli, Elisa Giani, Michael Vartan, Lino Capolicchio, Constanze Engelbrecht, Ciro Esposito, Renato Carpentieri. As master storytellers of Italian cinema, the Taviani brothers (Padre Padrone and Night of the Shooting Stars) continue to do what they do best –…
