Aviya is the only Israeli-born girl among her schoolmates (the rest are Holocaust survivors from various European countries) Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Midnight Man (1995) John Weidner, Lorenzo Lamas, James Lew, Mako
When the police start a crackdown on Yakuza activities Read More »
Folks! (1992) Ted Kotcheff, Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson
Jon has it all, great job, beautiful wife and kids, and a dream house. Read More »
Blue in the Face AKA Brooklyn Boogie (1995) Paul Auster, Wayne Wang, Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox
Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film Read More »
Rosetta (1999) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux
The first scene, like almost all others, is a fighting scene. A girl, about 18, is sacked from her factory work because her trial period is over. Read More »
No. 3 AKA Songneunghan (1997) Neung-han Song, Eun-hee Bang, Min-sik Choi, Suk-kyu Han
With just a knife in his hand, Tae-ju has been a gangster for 15 years. Read More »
Night Eyes II (1991) Rodney McDonald, Andrew Stevens, Shannon Tweed, Tim Russ
Security expert Will Griffith has been hired to secure the mansion of South American expatriate Hector Mejenes Read More »
East of War AKA Jenseits des Krieges (1996) Ruth Beckermann
A controversial photography exhibit about atrocities committed by the German army on the Eastern Front Read More »
Warriors of Virtue (1997) Ronny Yu, Angus Macfadyen, Mario Yedidia, Marley Shelton
A young man, Ryan, suffering from a disability, wishes to join the other kids from his schools football team. Read More »
Gemini AKA Sôseiji (1999) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Masahiro Motoki, Ryô, Yasutaka Tsutsui
Yukio is living a charmed life: he is a respected young doctor with a successful practice and a beautiful wife. Read More »