At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991, R, 189 min. Directed by Hector Babenco, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tom Berenger, Aidan Quinn, John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, Daryl Hannah, Tom Waits. The ponderous At Play in the Fields of the Lord commits the cardinal sin that befalls so many well-intentioned films…
Voyeur
Voyeur 1986, NR, 100 min. Directed by Alex Van Warmerdam, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Van Warmerdam, Henri Garcin, Olga Zuiderhoek, Annet Malherbe, Loes Luca. Oedipus in a teacup. Director van Warmerdam plays an agoraphobic young man entertained only by the visions afforded him by his binoculars and the nightly psychodrama played out…
The Architecture of Doom
The Architecture of Doom 1989, NR, 119 min. Directed by Peter Cohen, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Using archival footage, still photography, and clips from propaganda films, the impeccably researched documentary The Architecture of Doom formulates a convincing thesis about Hitler and his legacy, the Holocaust — the Nazi sense of aesthetic…
Freejack
Freejack 1992, R, 110 min. Directed by Geoff Murphy, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Banks, Amanda Plummer, David Johansen. Certainly, you’d expect something with a little imagination from Murphy, the New Zealand director who attracted critical attention with his first two features, Utu and…
Naked Lunch
Leave it to Cronenberg to tackle William S. Burroughs’ notorious – and notoriously “unfilmable” – novel. Then add in a score by Ornette Coleman.
Fist of the North Star
Fist of the North Star 1986, NR, 110 min. Directed by Toyoo Ashida, Narrated by , Voices by Akira Kamiya, Yuriko Yamamoto, Starring . With more viscera per minute than a John Woo film and enough exploding craniums to render David Cronenberg a lightweight, this new example of over-the-top Japanimation should keep the dear departed…
Juice
Juice 1992, R. Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Omar Epps, Khalil Kain, Jermaine Hopkins, Tupac Shakur. Dickerson’s story of street kids at risk breaks no new ground. It is better than most, but not by much. Sure looks good, though. Dickerson has been the cinematographer for Spike Lee…
Kuffs
Kuffs 1992, PG-13, 92 min. Directed by Bruce A. Evans, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Christian Slater, Tony Goldwin, Milla Jovovich, Bruce Boxleitner. In the wake of his brother’s death, 21-year-old George Kuffs (Slater) has inherited a San Francisco “Patrol Special” district. That’s sort of a minor-league police force created to assist the…
