Medicine Man
Medicine Man 1992. Directed by John Mctiernan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, Jose Wilker. Liberal Hollywood cinema is even more stunning in its ideological arrogance than right wing cinema (which is usually either reactionary or embarrassed). If it condescends to tackle a subject, that embrace is enough, it owes…
The Dark Backward
The Dark Backward 1991, R, 101 min. Directed by Adam Rifkin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle, James Caan, Rob Lowe. You’ve got to hand it to first-time director Rifkin: if nothing else, The Dark Backward is a rabidly Nineties type of film. It’s as…
Daughters of the Dust
Daughters of the Dust 1991, PG, 112 min. D: Julie Dash; with Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbara-O, Trula Hoosier. I’d wager that the portrait of turn of the century African-American women you get in Daughters of the Dust is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. This richly costumed historical drama focuses on the dreams…
Final Analysis
Final Analysis 1992, R, 124 min. Directed by Phil Joanou, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Paul Guilfoyle, Keith David, Eric Roberts. If looks were everything, this one would have it all: Gere and Basinger as illicit lovers, Roberts as her gangster husband, Thurman as her sister and…
