The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe 1991, PG-13. Directed by Simon Callow, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Vanessa Redgrave, David Carradine, Cork Hubbert, Rod Steiger. First time director Callow, creates a very theatrical film from this novella by Carson McCullers and play by Edward Albee, and to a large extent his use of…
City Slickers
City Slickers 1991, PG-13, 112 min. Directed by Ron Underwood, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Jack Palance. Three best pals from New Jersey, all approaching 40, vacation together every year. Not your standard pina colada-on-the-beach or eat-your-way-through-the-Caribbean-cruise, mind you. No, these guys take…
Taxi Blues
Taxi Blues 1990. Directed by Pavel Lounguine, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Piotr Mamonov, Piotr Zaitchenko, Vladimir Kachpour, Natalia Koliakanova, Elena Safonova. This French-Soviet co-production won the 1990 Cannes Film Festival Best Director award. For us it is a remarkable glimpse of the Russia we never see and hear. It also deals with…
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead 1991, PG-13, 102 min. Directed by Steve Herek, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Christina Applegate, Keith Coogan, John Getz, Danielle Harris, Josh Charles. Home Alone meets Bill and Ted`s Excellent Adventure and then visits Working Girl – none of it works. The premise of the film, which…
Servants of Twilight
Servants of Twilight 1991. Directed by Jeffrey Obrow, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Bruce Greenwood, Belinda Bauer, Grace Zabriskie. While not as awful as the last film adaptation of a Dean Koontz novel (the evil Corey Haim vehicle Watchers), Servants is a far cry from what it could have been. It’s hard to…
Larks on a String
Larks on a String 1990, 90 min. Directed by Jiri Menzel, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Vaclav Neckar, Rudolf Hrusinky. “We’ll pour our peaceful steel down the imperialist war-monger’s throat,” is a phrase that more than adequately reflects the darkly humorous tone of this disarming Czech film from director Menzel (Closely Watched Trains).…
