Ma Lei which sounds like “Mary” is a Chinese citizen, living in Hong Kong as the kept woman of a jeweler. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
964 Pinocchio (1991) Shozin Fukui, Haji Suzuki, Onn-chan, Kôji Ôtsubo
Pinocchio 964, lobotomised cyborg sex slave, is thrown out onto the street by his owners Read More »
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996) Stanley Kwan, Cheh Chang, Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung
This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality Read More »
Year of the Horse (1997) Neil Young, Jim Jarmusch, Ralph Molina
This film documents Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s 1996 concert tour. Read More »
Company Business (1991) Nicholas Meyer, Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith
Rogue CIA agent Sam Boyd is called back by “the Company” to do some work. Read More »
The Last Days of Disco (1998) Whit Stillman, Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman
The Last Days of Disco, from director Whit Stillman, is a cleverly comic look at the early 1980s Manhattan party scene Read More »
Angel Hunter (1992) Chung Sun, Vivian Chow, Ching Wan Lau, Man-Tat Ng
A detective investigating a student’s suicide discovers it is connected to a secret Satanic cult. Read More »
Hunting List (1994) Yen-Ping Chu, Ray Lui, Shu-fang Lu, Vivian Hsu
Chu Chi Kit returns to HK from Taiwan after many years in hiding Read More »
Portland Street Blues (1998) Wai Man Yip, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Kristy Yang, Alex Fong
Following Sister Thirteen, from her teenage years, her bisexual love life Read More »
Scam (1993) John Flynn, Christopher Walken, Lorraine Bracco, Miguel Ferrer
A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend Read More »
Yvonne’s Perfume (1994) Patrice Leconte, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Hippolyte Girardot, Sandra Extercatte
How the life of Victor Chmara toppled during the course of a single day during the summer of 1958? Read More »
Run (1991) Geoff Burrowes, Patrick Dempsey, Kelly Preston, Ken Pogue
While conveying a Porsche from L.A. to Atlantic City, student Charlie has to make a stop due to engine trouble. Read More »
Beautiful Sunday (1998) Tetsuya Nakashima, Momoko Bitô, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ittoku Kishibe
A hit man in black struggles into an apartment complex. It turns out that the apartments are hosts to a cornucopia of characters. Read More »
Bright Angel (1990) Michael Fields, Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard
Road-movie from Montana to Wyoming. A gullible, innocent young man (Mulroney) Read More »
A Killer Among Friends (1992) Charles Robert Carner, Patty Duke, Margaret Welsh, Tiffani Thiessen
Beautiful and popular Jenny Monroe has everything, the looks, the popularity, and the perfect mom. Read More »