Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey 1991, PG, 98 min. Directed by Peter Hewitt, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland, George Carlin. Try as you may to make sense of Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, it defies explanation. Of course, its sheer stupidity is its supposed charm,…
Requiem for Dominic
Requiem for Dominic 1991. Directed by Robert Dornhelm, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Felix Mitterer, Viktoria Schubert, August Schmolzer, Angelica Schutz, Antonia Rados, Nikolas Vogel. Dateline: Romania, Christmas week 1989. It’s the chaotic days preceding the overthrow of the Ceausescu tyranny. Requiem for Dominic is a psychodrama based on a true story that…
L’Atalante
This French classic is a work of enduring poetry that has launched a thousand other movies. Vigo died shortly after completing the shoot. Nearly 10 minutes of footage were restored in the early Nineties.
Tabu
Tabu Directed by F.W. Murnau, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Anna Chevalier, Matahi. This 1931 film’s been out of circulation for a very long time but that’s not to say it’s for lack of interest. A mismatched collaboration of the equally legendary F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty, Tabu is a South Seas idyll.…
Bright Angel
Bright Angel 1991, R, 94 min. Directed by Michael Fields, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Valerie Perrine, Sam Shepard, Sheila Mccarthy, Burt Young. Someone, it seems, has been watchin too many ’70s road pictures and reading Jim Thompson novels way too late at night. Bright Angel is set just…
