Swan Lake — the Zone
Swan Lake — the Zone Directed by John Frankenheimer, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Andrew Mccarthy, Valeria Golino, Sharon Stone, John Pankow. This 1990 Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Prize winner was a joint Russian/Canadian/Swedish production and is based on autobiographical stories by legendary director Sergei Paradjanov.
Tilai (The Law)
Tilai (The Law) Directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ina Cisse, Rasmane Ouedrago. Honor and family ties on the African plains of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) are explored in this follow-up to the popular Yaaba. In it, a man returns after a two-year absence to find his fiance married…
Homicide
Homicide 1991. Directed by David Mamet, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Natalija Nogulich, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Pidgeon. Homicide may not be Mamet’s most accessible film, but it combines those elements of the playwright/director’s work — theatricality, stylization, rough poeticism — that might be most off-putting to the typical…
House Party 2
House Party 2 1991. Directed by Doug McHenry, George Jackson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Tisha Campbell, Iman, Queen Latifah. Music producers McHenry and Jackson take over from the Hudlin brothers who created the original House Party. Not a bad idea, these two previously worked on Krush Groove, a…
Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Looney Tunes Hall of Fame 1991. Directed by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert Mckimson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . The Duck, a creature of great imagined dignity, begins his performance. It is a costume drama. He is, as always, a terrible ham. Suddenly the scenery is changed around him, then his costume,…
A Paper Wedding
A Paper Wedding 1990. Directed by Michel Brault, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Genevieve Bujold, Manuel Aranguiz. It’s hard to believe that this new film from French-Canadian Brault isn’t a remake of last year’s Green Card. Seeing as how Paper Wedding was made a year or so in advance of the latter, it…
The Butcher’s Wife
The Butcher’s Wife 1991. Directed by Terry Hughes, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, George Dzundza, Mary Steenburgen, Margaret Colin, Frances Mcdormand, Max Revlich, Luis Avalos. A genial fantasy about fated love, The Butcher’s Wife starts rather improbably. One day, Marina — a free-spirited clairvoyant (Moore) living on an island…
The Hitman
The Hitman 1991, NR, 103 min. Directed by Aaron Norris, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Chuck Norris, Michael Parks, Al Waxman, Alberta Watson, Salim Grant, Ken Pogue. Chuck Norris looks tired in The Hitman, his first movie in a few years. Maybe it’s the shag toupee that fits like one of those caps…
