Simple Men
Simple Men 1992, NR, 105 min. Directed by Hal Hartley, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Robert Burke, William Sage, Karen Sillas, Elina Lowensohn, Martin Donovan, March Chandler Bailey. Hal Hartley’s films are unmistakable: they beat with an irregular rhythm, speak in affected dialogues, brush against the suburban surreal. An up-and-coming auteur, Hartley first…
The Vanishing
The Vanishing 1993, R, 109 min. Directed by George Sluizer, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis, Sandra Bullock, Park Overall, Maggie Linderman, Lisa Eichhorn. A few years ago there was this haunting Dutch movie about a woman who vanishes from a crowded highway rest stop, her tormented boyfriend…
Van Gogh
Van Gogh 1991, R, 158 min. Directed by Maurice Pialat, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Gerard Sety, Bernard Lecoq. A “self-appointed enfant terrible” from the corps of French New Wave directors, Pialat (A Nos Amours, Under The Sun of Satan) tackles the already-heavily documented subject (both in film and…
Sniper
Sniper 1993. Directed by Luis Llosa, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.t. Walsh. One’s a Marine. The other’s a National Security Council comer. Both are sharpshooters but one has over 70 kills to his name and the other has merely his reputation as an Olympic marksman. They’re the classic,…
Children of the Corn Ii: The Final Sacrifice
Children of the Corn Ii: The Final Sacrifice 1993, R, 92 min. Directed by David Price, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Terence Knox, Paul Scherrer, Rosalind Allen, Christie Clark, Ned Romero. “Based on a short story by Stephen King”, Corn II drags that poor pop-culture stylist’s already tarnished name through the mud and…
