The Young One
The Young One Directed by Luis Buñuel, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Zachary Scott, Bernie Hamilton, Key Meersman, Crahan Denton, Claudio Brook. In 1961, while still working in Mexico, the great surrealist/moralist/atheist filmmaker Luis Buñuel released his only English language film, The Young One. New 35mm prints of this rarely seen work were…
Into the West
Into the West 1992, PG, 97 min. Directed by Mike Newell, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Ruaidhri (rory) Conroy, David Kelly, Johnny Murphy. Into the West takes place once upon a time in modern Ireland. Papa Riley (Byrne) clearly loves his two young sons Tito (Conroy) and…
The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet 1993, R, 106 min. Directed by Ang Lee, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Winston Chao, May Chin, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Sihung Lung, Ah-Leh Gua. A darling of the past year’s festival circuit, The Wedding Banquet wins fans with its sunny disposition as it turns a contemporary story about a marriage of…
The Music of Chance
The Music of Chance 1993. Directed by Philip Haas, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mandy Patinkin, James Spader, Charles Durning, Joel Grey. Chance abounds in this intriguing adaptation of Paul Auster’s novel, and there’s a chance you may like one half and not like the other. Filmmaker Haas moves from documentaries, where he…
Police Story II
In the second part of Chan’s Police Story opus, his detective is demoted to a traffic cop for his previous escapades but that still doesn’t keep him out of trouble.
The Real McCoy
The Real McCoy 1993. Directed by Russell Mulcahy, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kim Basinger, Val Kilmer, Terence Stamp, Gailard Sartain, Zach English. For once, it’s good to see an actress step into the lead role of an action-adventure film — a place that is usually reserved exclusively for men. But on the…
Undercover Blues
Undercover Blues 1983. Directed by Herbert Ross, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid, Fiona Shaw, Stanley Tucci, Larry Miller, Obba Babatunde. When I was a kid, my mom would pop up a grocery bag full of popcorn, let us each pick a can from the tantalizing array of Shasta soda…
True Romance
True Romance 1993, R, 118 min. D: Tony Scott; with Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken. Written by wunderkind Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs) and directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun), True Romance is nothing if not consistently entertaining. It’s the prototypical chase film, complete with a misappropriated…
