Thank God I’m a Lesbian
Thank God I’m a Lesbian 1992. Directed by Laurie Colbert, Dominique Cardona, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . With wit and style, the title makes it perfectly clear where this Canadian documentary is coming from. Essentially a talking heads documentary, the film cuts between approximately one dozen women speaking their thoughts on a…
White
White 1994, R, 91 min. Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr. White is the second part of Polish filmmaker Kieslowski’s three-color trilogy. Based on the French Tricolor of blue, white, and red, Kieslowski (The Double Life of Veronique) uses these colors as…
Getting Even With Dad
Getting Even With Dad 1994, PG, 108 min. Directed by Howard Deutch, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Macaulay Culkin, Ted Danson, Glenne Headly, Saul Rubinek, Gailard Sartain, Kathleen Wilhoite, Hector Elizondo. What can I say? Macaulay Culkin does what he does best — the cute kid left to his own wits in a…
The Lion King
The Lion King 1994, G, 89 min. D: Roger Allers and Rob Minkhoff; with the voices of Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones. Something old, something new, lots that’s borrowed, more that’s true. Disney’s 32nd animated feature is a hodgepodge of myth, comedy, and recycled parts of previous cartoon successes, but despite its…
Kika
Kika 1993, NR, 114 min. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Veronica Forque, Victoria Abril, Peter Coyote, Alex Casanovas. The unrepentantly twisted Almodóvar returns to form after the disappointing Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! with this genuinely bizarre indictment of everything from tabloid journalism to romantic entanglements. Forque is…
Wolf
Wolf 1994, R, 125 min. Directed by Mike Nichols, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Plummer. A werewolf movie for the Nineties. Nicholson is Will Randall, a New York book editor who strikes a wolf one night while traveling through Vermont. When he leaves his…
The East is Red
The East is Red 1992, NR, 93 min. Directed by Ching Sui Tung, Raymond Lee, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Bridget Lin, Yu Rong Guang, Joey Wang. Bizarre, bloody, and beautiful are just a few words to describe this Tsui Hark production, actually a deceptively titled sequel to his popular Swordsman series, which…
