Days of Heaven
Days of Heaven 1978, PG, 94 min. Directed by Terrence Malick, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz. Two of the cinema’s greatest poets ever, director Terrence Malick and cinematographer Nestor Almendros, combined forces on Days of Heaven and created something so beautiful that it touches heaven…
Reality Bites
Stiller’s first feature film as a director captured the zeitgeist and is imbued with an honest and sarcastic wit.
Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation ’94
Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation ’94 1994. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Art and dogs. They’re the saving graces in this latest toon-fest from California’s Spike Decker and Mike Gribble. The duo has assembled another hodgepodge of animated shorts, and this time, the most entertaining and thought-provoking involve…
My Girl Two
My Girl Two 1994. Directed by Howard Zieff, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlomsky, Austin O’Brien, Richard Masur, Christine Ebersole, Angeline Ball. I got one of those Indiglo watches for Christmas and while viewing My Girl 2, I pressed the illumination button on it three times. (My…
Wittgenstein
In his highly stylized fashion, Derek Jarman explores the mind of the 20th century Viennese philosopher.
Blank Check
Blank Check 1994. Directed by Rupert Wainwright, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, Miguel Ferrer, James Rebhorn, Tone Loc, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Lerner, Rick Ducommun, Debbie Allen. “Blank check” must be what these filmmakers had when they made this movie. Not that it reeks of extravagance in its workmanship, this…
Boys’ Shorts: The New Queer Cinema
Boys’ Shorts: The New Queer Cinema 1993. Directed by Stephen Cummins, Laurie Lynd, Marlon Riggs, Christopher Newby, Michael Mayson, Mark Christopher, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Six better-than-average short works by filmmakers from Australia, Canada, England and the U.S. are showcased here, all sharing the common denominator of concern about what it…
Bank Robber
Bank Robber Directed by Nick Mead, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Patrick Dempsey, Lisa Bonet, Olivia D’Abo, Forest Whitaker, Michael Jeter, Judge Reinhold. Lisa Bonet is back in action and, somehow, I suspect that banks are not the only things bein robbed here.
