Tous les Matins lu Monde
Tous les Matins lu Monde 1991, NR, 114 min. Directed by Alain Corneau, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet, Carole Richert, Guillaume Depardieu. A rough wooden table. Red wine in exquisite stemmed crystal. Curled wafers on a plain white platter. Elements of an ingenuously elegant, arrestingly beautiful and,…
Amos & Andrew
Amos & Andrew 1993, PG-13, 96 min. Directed by E. Max Frye, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Lerner, Margaret Colin, Brad Dourif, Dabney Coleman, Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Balaban. Amos & Andrew is a better-than-average comedy that’s likable enough while unfolding but evaporative when over. It takes a…
A Better Tomorrow
Woo’s crime drama is one of the signature films of the Hong Kong cinema.
Falling Down
Falling Down 1993, R, 113 min. Directed by Joel Schumacher, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Tuesday Weld, Rachel Ticotin, Frederic Forrest. It begins, as do so many life-changing journeys, with a simple, seemingly inconsequential incident: stuck in early-morning Los Angeles gridlock, a nervous, perspiring citizen reaches the…
Mad Dog and Glory
Mad Dog and Glory 1993, R, 97 min. Directed by John McNaughton, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, Kathy Baker, David Caruso. After his shocking film debut in 1989 with the unforgettable Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, word came out that McNaughton’s next project would be…
Strictly Ballroom
Strictly Ballroom 1992, PG-13, 121 min. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, Starring Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter. Strictly Ballroom is shamelessly manipulative, blatantly derivative, and hopelessly maudlin. So why did I love this movie so much? Possibly because it has the gall to be all those things without blushing. Although made in Australia, Strictly Ballroom…
Passion Fish
Passion Fish 1992. Directed by John Sayles, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Straithairn, Vondie Curtis-Hall. Passion Fish proves that when you have a great script, great performers and a great location, you don’t mind that the movie goes on a tad longer than it should. Although its lugubrious…
The Judas Project
The Judas Project 1990, PG-13. Directed by James H. Barden, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Eternal Life is what you’ll need to make it through this modern-garbed passion play. The Judas Project tells the story of Jesus in modern drag. This time out, the Son of God is named Jesse. He’s a…
Fifty/Fifty
Fifty/Fifty 1993. Directed by Charles Martin Smith, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Peter Weller, Robert Hays, Ramona Rahman, Charles Martin Smith. The motto over at Fifty/Fifty’s production house ought to be: “Cannon Pictures: All the grace of a howitzer.” Part action-adventure about a couple of mercenaries reluctantly helping the CIA to overthrow a…
