Folks!
Folks! 1992, PG-13, 107 min. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson, Christine Ebersole, Wendy Crewson, Robert Pastorelli, Michael Murphy. There are movies that shake you to your foundations, and make you look inside and ask questions. Folks! is just such a movie and the…
Little Noises
Little Noises 1991, 110 min. Directed by Jane Spencer, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Crispin Glover, Tatum O’Neal, Rik Mayall, Steven Schub, Matthew Hutton. Little Noises is billed as “a little comedy in the Big Apple,” but there’s really nothing funny about it. First-time director and UT graduate Jane Spencer has instead fashioned…
K2: The Ultimate High
K2: The Ultimate High 1991. Directed by Franc Roddam, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Michael Biehn, Matt Craven, Raymond J. Barry, Patricia Charbonneau. If you like mountain climbing, you may well enjoy this movie. Despite the repellent characters and screaming-out-of-the-roof-of-your-head-obvious plot, it has lots and lots of mountain climbing. Those of you who…
Notebook On Cities and Clothes
Notebook On Cities and Clothes 1989. Directed by Wim Wenders, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Yohji Yamamoto. Notebook…that’s a good word for this piece, for it’s more a gathering of ideas and ruminations than a plotted-out, pre-designed film work. In this project commissioned by France’s Pompidou Center, German director Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings…
The Playboys
The Playboys 1992. Directed by Gillies Mackinnon, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn, Robin Wright, Milo O’Shea, Niamh Cusack. Co-written by Shane Connaughton (My Left Foot) and Kerry Crabbe, The Playboys is one of those unpretentious little films which sneaks up on you and you don’t realize it until two…
Split Second
Split Second 1992. Directed by Tony Maylam, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall. Let’s get this straight right up front: this film is silly, pointless, absurd, confusing, asinine, and more than a little fun. If you don’t mind watching a British sci-fi cheapie with more “fucks” per frame than the…
The Station
The Station 1990. Directed by Sergio Rubini, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Sergio Rubini, Margherita Buy, Ennio Fantastichini. In the language of movies, there’s nothing so desolate as a clock ticking in an empty train station. Punctuation comes in the screech of a train whistle and loneliness is emphasized when the train roars…
Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach 1992. Directed by Stephen Wallace, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Greta Scacchi, Joan Chen, Jack Thompson, Art Malik, Norman Kaye. Apparently, there’s nothing that can bring two disparate women closer than their shared guilt about being bad mothers. But, at least, it’s nothing that a little good, old-fashioned self-sacrifice can’t cure…
