Empire of the Air
Empire of the Air Directed by Ken Burns, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . The director of the acclaimed PBS series The Civil War here tackles the history of early radio and the individuals who invented its technology. The source book’s author Tom Lewis will speak at 9pm Thurs. Oct. 24 following that…
My Mother’s Castle
My Mother’s Castle 1990, NR, 98 min. Directed by Yves Robert, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Therese Liotard, Didier Pain, Philippe Caubere, Nathalie Roussel. My Mother’s Castle is Part Two of Robert’s filmed adaptation of Marcel Pagnol’s autobiographical recollections of growing up at the turn of the century in southern France. The late…
Shattered
Shattered 1991. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, Bob Hoskins, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Corbin Bernson. Shattered is involving, even when it’s clear that the plot twists and turns are headed inexorably for dumbsville. In a story out of 1940s noir, Berenger plays an architect who, after a…
The Borrower
The Borrower 1991. Directed by John Mcnaughton, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Rae Dawn Chong, Don Gordon, Antonio Fargas. The best thing to be said about The Borrower, is that McNaughton clearly has had his sophomore slump, and that Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, the Eric Bogosian vehicle, must be better and Mad…
Ernest Scared Stupid
Ernest Scared Stupid 1991, PG, 91 min. Directed by John R. Cherry III, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jim Varney, Eartha Kitt, Austin Nagler, Shay Astar. What’s this with Ernest P. Worrell and the holidays? First, there was Ernest Saves Christmas and now Ernest Scared Stupid, just in time for Halloween. What next?…
Frankie & Johnny
Frankie & Johnny 1991, R, 118 min. Directed by Garry Marshall, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Al Pacino, Kate Nelligan, Nathan Lane, Hector Elizondo, Jane Morris. Frankie & Johnny is the “Eleanor Rigby” of movies: all the lonely people, where do they all come from? In opening up his two-character play…
My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho 1991, R, 102 min. Directed by Gus Van Sant, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Flea, Chiara Caselli, Udo Kier. My Own Private Idaho is a story about a narcoleptic gay male hustler. There. That’s easy enough to summarize on…
Complex World
Complex World 1992, R, 81 min. Directed by James Wolpaw, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Stanley Matis, Dan Welch, Bob Owczarek, Margot Dionne, Daniel Von Vargen, Captain Lou Albano. How do you cinematically eulogize a near legendary rock ‘n’ roll club set in the downtown decay of Providence, Rhode Island? If you’re writer/director…
