Best of Austin 1993
Finally, the Chronicle may have gotten the Best Of Austin issue right. This is our fourth Best of Austin; the first two years we ran a ballot, compiled the results, but couldn’t figure out just exactly how to present them. We wanted to offer annotated results, nor just ad copy but serious mini-essays about the…
House of Cards
House of Cards 1993. Directed by Michael Lessac, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kathleen Turner, Tommy Lee Jones, Asha Menina, Shiloh Strong, Esther Rolle, Park Overall. Ways of speaking without words, waysof seeing beyond what we typically perceive. This is what writer-director Michael Lessac explores in this fable, the story of Sally, a…
Okoge
Okoge 1992. Directed by Takehiro Nakajima, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Misa Shimizu, Takehiro Murata, Takeo Nakahara, Masayuki Shionoya. As this Japanese movie opens, Sayoko (Shimizu) and her friend spread out their beach blanket and picnic basket only to discover they have plopped themselves into the middle of an exclusively gay male beach…
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Remember when Mike Myers was funny? This film features one of his best performances as a poet who reluctantly marries, then fears that his bride (a meat butcher) is a bluebeard.
Chain of Desire
Chain of Desire 1992, NR, 107 min. Directed by Temistocles Lopez, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Linda Fiorentino, Elias Koteas, Grace Zabriskie, Malcolm Mcdowell, Seymour Cassel, Assumpta Serna. Venezuelan-born writer/director Lopez successfully brings together an ensemble cast in this social commentary on the morals and sexual politics of the 1990s. Structured in an…
Coneheads
Coneheads 1993, PG, 88 min. Directed by Steve Barron, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke, Laraine Newman, Phil Hartman, Dave Thomas, Jason Alexander, David Spade, Michael McKean, Chris Farley, Sinbad. What could have resulted in a 90-minute blow-up of a five-minute premise (remember Bob and Doug McKenzie’s Strange…
Police Story I
Police Story I 1985. Directed by Jackie Chan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung. This is the first in Chan’s Police Story trilogy, and although some people herald it as the best of the lot, I’ll still reserve that honor for the third installment of the series. In…
Best Historic Structure
The Nineties have been kind to our glowing symbol of Texas liberty. The early part of the decade saw the renovation of her brilliant pink dome. In mid-decade, services and sightseeing points were enhanced with the addition of the north wing’s Capitol Extension. Last year, the grounds themselves, including all monuments and fountains were scrubbed,…
