Andre
Andre 1994, PG, 94 min. Directed by George Miller, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Joshua Jackson, Aidan Pendleton, Shane Meier, Chelsea Field, Keith Szarabajka, Tina Majorino, Keith Carradine. Tell me that you’ve never harbored the desire to hug a seal and feel the swoosh of a sleek, sinuous sea flapper sliding through your…
The Little Rascals
The Little Rascals 1994, PG, 82 min. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, Kevin Jamal Woods, Zachary Mabry, Blake McIver Ewing, Whoopi Goldberg. Kids will be kids. And that’s the refreshing news about the Nineties version of Hollywood’s original Brat Pack; the kids…
Eat Drink Man Woman
Eat Drink Man Woman 1994, NR, 124 min. Directed by Ang Lee, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Chien-Lien Wu, Winston Chao, Sylvia Chang, Ah-Leh Gua, Yu-Wen Wang. Food and sex — the basic things necessary to sustain life. When you think about it, most stories can be boiled down…
The Slingshot
The Slingshot 1993. Directed by Ake Sandgren, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jesper Salen, Stellan Skarssgard, Basia Frydman, Niclas Olund. Ten-year-old Roland Schutt (Salen) has more than his share of troubles growing up in 1920s Stockholm. His father’s a socialist and his mother’s a Jew and young Roland wonders what that combination makes…
Au Revoir, Mon Amour
Au Revoir, Mon Amour 1991. Directed by Tony Au, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Anita Mui, Tony Leung, Hidekazu Akai, Carrie Ng, Chui Siu Keung. A far cry from Hong Kong’s current spate of historical kung fu epics, Au Revoir, Mon Amour is instead a literate, lush romantic epic. Spanning a timeline that…
