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Tag Archives: 1990s
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998) Katsuhito Ishii, Tadanobu Asano, Ittoku Kishibe, Sie Kohinata
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Read More »
Mediterraneo (1991) Gabriele Salvatores, Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna
Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers on a little island Read More »
Nobody’s Business (1996) Alan Berliner, Oscar Berliner
A portrait of the director’s father, searching for the extraordinary in the subject’s seemingly normal existence. Read More »
Brakhage (1998) Jim Shedden, Jerry Aronson, Jane Brakhage, Marilyn Brakhage
Jim Sledden’s 1998 documentary Brakhage is an interesting, well-constructed portrait of avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage Read More »
I Could Read the Sky (1999) Nichola Bruce, Dermot Healy, Stephen Rea, Brendan Coyle
The film tells of the memories and feeling of loss of an Irish immigrant Read More »
Minazuki (1999) Rokuro Mochizuki, Eiji Okuda, Kazuki Kitamura, Takami Yoshimoto
Akira’s wife walks out on him, leaving him to confide in his gangster brother-in-law. Read More »
The Delicate Art of the Rifle (1996) Dante Harper, Gabrielle Greigo, Shannon Gelobter, Joy Gewalt
A surrealistic comedy-drama about a school shooting as seen through the eyes of a socially awkward college student named Jay. Read More »
The Last Big Thing (1996) Dan Zukovic, Susan Heimbeinder, Mark Ruffalo
From a bland tract house on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Simon Geist (with occasional help from his platonic girlfriend Darla) Read More »
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We’re Dead (1995) Agustín Díaz Yanes, Victoria Abril, Pilar Bardem, Federico Luppi
Escaping gangsters trying to kill her because of being witness to a crime Read More »
Colonel Chabert (1994) Yves Angelo, Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini
Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war Read More »
The Sum of Us (1994) Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling, Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson
Set in Sydney, Australia. A (heterosexual) father and his gay son are trying to find Ms/Mr Right respectively. Read More »
V.I. Warshawski (1991) Jeff Kanew, Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning
Victoria “V.I” Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Read More »
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) Michael Anderson, Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox
In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what’s sinking ships all over the ocean. Read More »
Running Delilah (1993) Richard Franklin, Kim Cattrall, Billy Zane, François Guétary
Top agent Delilah dies in a risky mission against weapon dealer Kercharian. Read More »