Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
G.B.H. (1991) Robert Young, Robert Lindsay, Michael Palin, Dearbhla Molloy
Michael Murray is an ambitious and charismatic politician, Jim Nelson is a much loved headmaster of a local school for disturbed children. Read More »
Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992) Mario Monicelli, Tommaso Bianco, Renato Cecchetto, Marina Confalone
Like every year, everyone is going back to the ancestral family’s home for the Christmas holidays. Read More »
Innocence (1997) Zeki Demirkubuz, Güven Kiraç, Haluk Bilginer, Derya Alabora
Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten year sentence. Read More »
Life According to Agfa (1992) Assi Dayan, Gila Almagor, Akram Tillawi, Smadar Kilchinsky
The film takes place in Tel Aviv, much of it in a fictitious local pub called Barbie Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »