
Zany subversion of the 1001 Nights myth that skips all of the stories and simply focuses on the lovely Scheherazade’s escape from the lustful king with the help of a magic lamp and a time traveling astrologist. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Flashback (1990) Franco Amurri

At last the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60’s radical Huey Walker is heading for jail. So how come it’s Huey’s yuptight FBI escort who ends up behind bars? Read More »
The Secret Rapture (1993)

Upon her father’s death, a woman comes into emotional and psychological conflict with her young lover, her overbearing sister and her alcoholic stepmother. Read More »
Hometown Boy Makes Good (1990)

A med school burnout returns to his small home town, but when he decides against telling his mother that he dropped out, complications ensue. Read More »
The Redemption (1997) Lunastus

In a small village in Eastern Finland in 1918, Patrick, who has taken care of the chaplain, teacher and physician Read More »
Sib / The Apple (1998)

This unusual Iranian documentary/drama is based on the true story of a poor and religious 65-year-old father who kept his two 12-year-old daughters locked in their small house Read More »
Peter’s Friends (1992) Kenneth Branagh

Seven friends in an acting troupe graduate from Cambridge University in 1982 and go their separate ways. Read More »
Death on the Beach (1991)

The son of a wealthy businesswoman returns home from boarding school. His mother, always busy with business and with her ambitious lover Read More »
I Want You (1998) Michael Winterbottom

Helen is a young woman running a hairdressing salon; Bob is her boyfriend and local radio DJ Read More »
Ozone (1993) Street Zombies

While on a stakeout, hardboiled cop Eddie Boone gets injected with a dangerous new designer drug causing nightmarish side effects. Read More »