After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Lyrical Nitrate (1991) Peter Delpeut, Lyda Borelli, Henny Porten, Anni Timm, Documentary
This film is a compilation of scenes from silent films made between 1905 and 1915 that sat in storage in an Amsterdam cinema for many years. Read More »
Welcome Home (1995) Makoto Shinozaki, Tomio Aoki, Ayaka Horie, Shoichi Komatsu, Drama
Yuriko works at home all day as a tape transcriber, while her husband, Takashi, works as a school teacher. Read More »
Wonderland (1999) Michael Winterbottom, Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Drama
There’s little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. Read More »
eXistenZ (1999) David Cronenberg, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ian Holm, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. Read More »
Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995) Claude Sautet, Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Drama
When Nelly, a woman being just divorced, meets by chance M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired, begins a strange and special relationship between the two personalities. Read More »
The Stranger (1991) Satyajit Ray, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Bikram Bhattacharya, Drama
A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman’s long-lost uncle. Read More »
Limbo (1999) John Sayles, David Strathairn, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Vanessa Martinez, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Limbo tells the story of people trying to reinvent themselves in the Southeastern islands of Alaska. Read More »
Red Hot (1993) Paul Haggis, Balthazar Getty, Carla Gugino, Jan Niklas, Drama, Music
In the 1950’s rock and roll becomes very popular around the world. But in Russia, that kind of music is banned. Read More »
The Crisis (1992) Coline Serreau, Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit, Zabou Breitman, Comedy, Music
When Victor finds out one morning that his wife had left him and that she had forgotten to at least buy milk for the Kids, he finds that things can only get worse. Read More »