Free Willy
Free Willy 1993, PG, 112 min. Directed by Simon Wincer, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, Michael Madsen, Mykelti Williamson, Keiko. Free Willy is a rousing modern-day fable about hugging whales, overcoming villains in black hats and freeing the enemy within. It is a beautifully…
Hocus Pocus
In this comedy, sister witches from the 17th century re-emerge in modern-day Salem, Mass.
Weekend at Bernie’s II
Weekend at Bernie’s II 1993, PG, 97 min. Directed by Robert Klane, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, Barry Bostwick, Tom Wright. Andrew McCarthy must die. But then we’d probably be seeing Weekend at Andy’s, and the whole pathetic mess would continue on and on, like some hellish…
Wax, Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees
Wax, Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees 1992, NR, 85 min. Directed by David Blair, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring David Blair. Harder to describe than it is to understand, this new cult favorite combines elements of science fiction, cyberpunk aesthetics, post-industrial moral metaphors, Burroughsian cut-ups technique and post-modern narrative repetition…
Being at Home With Claude
Being at Home With Claude 1992. Directed by Jean Boudin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Roy Dupuis, Jacques Godin, Jean-Francois Pichette, Gaston Lepage. Released, as it is, in a time suffused with homophobia, erotiphobia, and, of course, death by sex, this French-Canadian thriller is a brave little gem indeed. Tightly edited shots of…
The God of Gamblers
The God of Gamblers 1989, R, 126 min. Directed by Wang Jing, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Andy Lau, Wong Tso-Yin. Hong Kong’s second-highest-grossing film of all time (somewhere behind John Woo, I suspect) is a remarkable amalgamation of gambling, farce, Hong Kong gangster shoot-’em-ups, and… chocolate. Ultra-suave Chow Yun-Fat is…
Sofie
Sofie 1992. Directed by Liv Ullmann, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Karen-Lise Mynster, Erland Josephson, Ghita Norby, Jesper Christensen, Torben Zeller. As the former leading lady of several classic Ingmar Bergman films (Persona, Cries and Whispers, and Scenes From a Marriage, to name a few), Ullmann here makes her directorial debut. She also…
