Pepi, Luci, Bom
Pepi, Luci, Bom 1980, NR, 82 min. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Carmen Maura, Felix Rotaeta, Olvido Gara, Eva Siva. In case you’ve ever wondered from whence came the provocative and outrageous Pedro Almodóvar (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), then…
Scent of a Woman
Scent of a Woman 1992. Directed by Martin Brest, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Al Pacino, Chris O’Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar. This terribly titled, overly long movie about an irascible, blind man (Pacino) and his green, prep school companion (O’Donnell, previously seen in School Ties and Men Don’t Leave) is likely to…
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons 1992, R, 109 min. Directed by Paul Mones, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jeff Goldblum, Rory Cochrane, Mitchell Marchand, Ellen Greene, Samuel L. Jackson, Joie Lee, Rosanna Arquette. This is an interesting little independent film that’s liable to get lost in the post-Christmas dump pile and it deserves far better…
The Lover
The Lover 1992, R, 115 min. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Narrated by Jeanne Moreau, Voices by , Starring Jane March, Tony Leung. Annaud (The Bear) and screenwriter Gerard Brach (The Tenant, Tess) successfully craft Marguerite Duras’ coming-of-age memoir L’Amant into a hypnotic, sensuous film teeming with undercurrents of sociopolitical implications in its tale of forbidden…
Trespass
Trespass 1992. Directed by Walter Hill, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring William Sadler, Bill Paxton, Ice T, Ice Cube, Art Evans. Coming from the director who gave us 48 HRS., The Warriors, and The Long Riders, as well as the combined producing talents behind the Back to the Future and Alien films, Trespass…
