School Ties
School Ties 1992. Directed by Robert Mandel, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Brendan Fraser, Chris O’Donnell, Matt Damon, Andrew Lowery, Cole Hauser. In a Hollywood powerscape where so many of the key players come from Jewish backgrounds, it’s rather peculiar that there have been so few films dealing with the issue of anti-Semitism.…
Wind
Wind 1992, PG-13, 126 min. Directed by Carroll Ballard, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, Cliff Robertson, Jack Thompson, Stellan Skarsgard, Rebecca Miller. As in his earlier films The Black Stallion and Never Cry Wolf, Ballard uses his consistently sumptuous visual style in Wind to capture the excitement of yacht…
Zentropa
Zentropa 1992, NR, 114 min. Directed by Lars Von Trier, Narrated by Max Von Sydow, Voices by , Starring Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Eddie Constantine. Narrated by Max Von Sydow, Zentropa tells the story of Leopold Kessler (Barr), an idealistic young German-American who travels to Berlin in the aftermath of WWII to help…
Husbands and Wives
Husbands and Wives 1992. Directed by Woody Allen, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson. Husbands and Wives deromanticizes modern love, revealing it as a human condition ultimately motivated by logic rather than impulse: the heart may flutter or bleed, but it’s a…
Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts R, 101 min. Directed by Tim Robbins, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Wise, Gore Vidal, Alan Rickman, Brian Murray. This Tim Robbins-helmed political satire about demogougery makes for an appropriate election-season re-release. “The character of Bob Roberts (Robbins) is a folksinger/self-made millionaire/senatorial candidate. He is a…
Clearcut
Clearcut 1991, R, 100 min. Directed by Richard Bugajski, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Graham Greene, Ron Lea, Michael Hogan, Floyd Red Crow Westerman. Aside from the obvious ecological sermon about the evils of clearcutting forests, this Canadian film about the struggle of Native Americans to preserve their land and their culture warns…
The Hairdresser’s Husband
The Hairdresser’s Husband is a tightly knit, though slight, tale told in the best of humor. It’s the story of despair bred by utter happiness. The story of this marriage begins with the husband’s childhood in which he developed an adolescent crush on the town’s buxom barber and also a severe case of jock itch…
Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth
Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth 1992, R, 93 min. Directed by Anthony Hickox, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Terry Farrell, Doug Bradley, Paula Marshall. To borrow a truism from Harlan Ellison, it’s xenogenesis, folks: the children are not like their parents. So rarely is the sequel anywhere near the quality of the original,…
2th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners
Individual Category Red Sauce 1st Place: Alejandro Garcia 2nd Place: Alejandro Garcia 3rd Place: Eric Tovar Green Sauce 1st Place: Malcolm Milburn 2nd Place: John Randall 3rd Place: Ms. Cruz Dominguez Helmer Special Variety 1st Place: Bill Burns 2nd Place: Mal La Tibbs 3rd Place: Thomas Penn Restaurant Category Red Sauce 1st Place: Evita’s 2nd…
