Star Time
Star Time 1982. Directed by Alexander Cassini, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Michael St. Gerard, John P. Ryan, Maureen Teefy. Imagine cross-pollinating Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer with some of David Cronenberg’s early work. Now imagine tossing in a bit of David Lynch, some old Marshall McLuhan tirades, and a well-intentioned social…
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe 1992. Directed by John Bailey, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Lily Tomlin. There’s so much to life. So much uncertainty, so much we can’t control. And everybody — the punk teen, the elderly couple, the bag lady, the body builder, the socialite, the…
Watch it
Watch it 1993, R, 102 min. Directed by Tom Flynn, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Peter Gallagher, Suzy Amis, John C. McGinley, Jon Tenny, Cynthia Stevenson, Lili Taylor, Tom Sizemore. Flynn’s debut as writer-director perhaps should have been subtitled Men Who Fear Intimacy and Commitment, and the Women Who Don’t Want to Resist…
Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers 1993, PG, 114 min. Directed by Martha Coolidge, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mercedes Ruehl, Richard Dreyfuss, Irene Worth, Brad Stoll, Mike Damus, David Strathairn, Jack Laufer, Susan Merson. Neil Simon here has quite successfully adapted his Pulitzer prize-winning stage play for the screen. While Lost in Yonkers is chock-full…
The Last Days of Chez Nous
The Last Days of Chez Nous 1993, R, 96 min. Directed by Gillian Armstrong, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox, Miranda Otto, Kiri Paramore, Bill Hunter. This Australian film from director Armstrong (My Brilliant Career, Mrs. Soffel) presents a microcosmic story of an extended family in the twilight…
Posse
Posse 1993. Directed by Mario Van Peebles, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane, Tiny Lister, Big Daddy Kane, Billy Zane, Tone Loc. The beginning is both startling and exciting. A monologue by Woody Strode becomes the voiceover narration of this Western. It is the perfect moment, Posse…
