Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street

"...J.t. Walsh and Jane Leeves. If you haven't seen the original version of Miracle on 34th Street sometime in..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Princess Caraboo

"...Stephen Rea. A female vagrant (Cates) appears suddenly in the British town of Bristol in 1817. She speaks some..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Quiz Show

"...this nation of contradictions initially had virtue to lose. Nonetheless, Quiz Show posits that the television game show scandal..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Trial by Jury

"...Whalley-Kilmer, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne and William Hurt. In the first few minutes of Trial By Jury, I felt..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

"...Aileen Wuornos, a homely, luckless, lesbian hooker who haunted the interstates of jerkwater Florida, committed a series of seven..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Grief

"...Soapdish might have been if John Waters had scripted the movie. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the entangled lives..."

June 3, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Inkwell

"...Jada Pinkett Smith. Seventeen-year-old director Matty Rich burst on the scene a few years ago with his debut film..."

May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

With Honors

"...If you listen hard enough, you can just hear the pitch: “Four college kids, at, um, at Yale…” /..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Snapper

"...Colm O'Byrne, Eanna Macliam and Ciara Duffy. Based upon the second volume of Roddy Doyle's working class Irish trilogy..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I'll Do Anything

"...film was eagerly awaited. I'll Do Anything, though, hit the white water rapids on the audience test market track..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

Golden Gate

"...about fresh-out-of-law-school FBI guy, Kevin Walker (Dillon), who joins the Bureau in 1952. Rabidly chasing the Commie menace, Kevin..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Dangerous Woman

"...damaged woman, slightly impaired mentally, and living alone in the guest house of her Aunt Frances (Hershey) amongst the..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Especially on Sunday

"...by three separate directors, Especially on Sunday perfectly captures the spirit of modern Italian filmmaking while managing to conjure..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

"...effort by filmmaker Bae Yong-Kyun -- four years in the making, with the Korean artist acting as producer, director,..."

July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Macross II: Lovers Again

"...Yatsuya. Maybe I'm old-fashioned. Maybe I've been exposed to the rich, colorful art of Disney animation and Warner Bros...."

July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Married to It

"...Leonard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cybill Shepherd and Ron Silver. The failures of this awkward melodrama are so obvious --..."

April 2, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Swing Kids

"...Hershey and Kenneth Branagh. Naïve yet eternally attractive is the idea that a generation can change the world through..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Simple Men

"...and March Chandler Bailey. Hal Hartley's films are unmistakable: they beat with an irregular rhythm, speak in affected dialogues,..."

Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Damage

"...best-selling novel, Damage recounts a man's attempt to fathom the unfathomable, with tragic results. Dr. Stephen Fleming, a high-ranking..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hexed

"...Arye Gross is better than this. His turn as the young Jewish G.I. in last year's little-seen A Midnight..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Panama Deception

"...Trent. Politically and philosophically, not much has changed since the time of the building of the Panama Canal and..."

Oct. 9, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hero

"...It's getting to look like Stephen Frears may be the most cynical filmmaker of our time. A sampling of..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Husbands and Wives

"...it as a human condition ultimately motivated by logic rather than impulse: the heart may flutter or bleed, but..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pictures From a Revolution

"...and Alfred Guzzetti. Susan Meiselas risked her life photographing the Nicaraguan revolution of 1979. Her images were vivid, arresting;..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Chris Walters

White Dog

With typically blunt, disturbing, combative, unconventional storytelling, Fuller tackles the disease of bigotry with this story about a racist dog.

"...1982, this long-suppressed film is finally seeing its initial theatrical release. With typically blunt, disturbing, combative, unconventional storytelling, Sam..."

July 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Proof

"...Moorhouse. Starring: Hugo Weaving, Genevieve Picot, Russell Crowe and Heather Mitchell. A blind photographer takes pictures and asks other..."

June 12, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

American Dream

"...Barbara Kopple. Kopple's Academy Award-winning documentary American Dream exposes the human cost of Reaganomics. The movie focuses on the..."

May 15, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Toto the Hero

Belgian writer/director Van Dormael delicious little film examines – through flashbacks, mainly – the life of a now-elderly man who believes that he was switched at birth with a neighbor child and has thus been denied the privileges and wealth he might otherwise have enjoyed.

"...Thomas Godet, Fabienne Loriaux and Mireille Perrier. Apparently it's the season for confident, well-executed directorial debuts. Belgian writer/director Van..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Roadside Prophets

"...Adam Horovitz, John Cusack, Timothy Leary and Arlo Guthrie. Another entry into the burgeoning ranks of the American New..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Once Upon a Crime

"...fun and entertaining. Its deft script is put in the service of this “who's who” collection of performers, reminding..."

March 13, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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