Flaming Ears
Flaming Ears 1992, 84 min. Directed by Angela Hans Scheirl, Ursula Pürrer, Dietmar Schipek, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Angela Hans Scheirl, Pürrer, Susanna Heilmayr, Margarethe Neumann. Unlike little else that has come before it (except, perhaps, Lizzie Borden’s 1983 gem Born in Flames), this 1991, Austrian-made, futuristic, lesbian thriller/romance/science fiction co-direction is…
The November Men
The November Men 1994. Directed by Paul Williams, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring James Andronica, Leslie Bevis, P.w. Williams, Beau Starr, Caralissa Gines, Robert Davi. Now I know what can happen after one too many viewings of the Zapruder film of the JFK assassination. You can go mad with conspiracy fever and, if…
Cronos
Cronos 1993, R, 94 min. Directed by Guillermo Del Toro, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Frederico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath. What a strange film this is. The second-highest-budgeted Mexican movie since Like Water for Chocolate, this import is an impressive, disturbing rumination on the ancient theme of eternal…
I Love Trouble
I Love Trouble 1994, PG, 123 min. Directed by Charles Shyer, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, Saul Rubinek, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn. As clichéd as I Love Trouble is, it still manages to please. Some of the time, anyway. Nolte is Peter Brackett, a star columnist for the fictional…
Desperate Remedies
Desperate Remedies 1993. Directed by Stewart Main, Peter Wells, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis, Michael Hurst, Kiri Mills. Overripe like a kiwi gone over way back in the fridge, this New Zealand import is so chock-full of sexual, moral, intellectual, and filmic ambiguity that it’s…
The Shadow
The Shadow 1994. Directed by Russell Mulcahy, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Ian Mckellen, Peter Boyle, Jonathan Winters, Tim Curry, Sab Shimono. “The weed of crime bears bitter fuit.” Early in this latest attempt to put the pulp novel avenger on the screen, the title character…
