Men battle for power, and leadership in a South American country. Women are both part of their concept of power, and riches. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Night Train to Venice (1993) Carlo U. Quinterio, Hugh Grant, Tahnee Welch, Malcolm McDowell
The Orient Express, on it’s night trip from Munich to Venice, is full because of the beginning of the carnival in Venice. Read More »
The Pickle (1993) Paul Mazursky, Danny Aiello, Dyan Cannon, Clotilde Courau
Harry Stone (Danny Aiello), a formerly top notch director, has had three disastrous movies in a row. Read More »
The Out-of-Towners (1999) Sam Weisman, Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of a couple, Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview. Read More »
The Lovers (1994) Hark Tsui, Nicky Wu, Charlie Yeung, Carrie Ng
In 3A.D., during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parents dress a very pretty, very privileged girl like a boy so she may be educated in a local boarding school. Read More »
The Grifters (1990) Stephen Frears, Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. Read More »
Schtonk (1992) Helmut Dietl, Götz George, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christiane Hörbiger
Fritz is a falsifier drawing a picture of Eva Braun, the girlfriend of Adolf Hitler. Read More »
Sügis (1990) Arvo Kruusement, Margus Lepa, Liina Tennosaar, Anne Reemann
In the follow-up of Estonian classics “Kevade” (1969) and “Suvi” (1976) the same characters have reached their middle-age. Read More »
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson, Allison Anders, Kathryn Bigelow
Despite its nearly four-hour running time, this is a uniquely personal look at movies from one of the late 20th century’s great directors and film historians. Read More »
Will to Live (1999) Kaneto Shindô, Rentarô Mikuni, Shinobu Ohtake, Akira Emoto
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day Read More »