Swiss director Markus Imhoof made this Swiss-German-French drama in which a love story, elaborate period details of the year 1912, and an ocean liner all combine to bring Titanic to mind. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Rhapsody in August (1991) Akira Kurosawa, Sachiko Murase, Richard Gere, Hisashi Igawa, Drama
An elderly woman living in Nagasaki Japan takes care of her four grandchildren for their summer vacation. Read More »
Phantom of the Toilet (1995) Joji Matsuoka, Takayuki Inoue, Ai Maeda, Yuka Kono, Horror
After school children start to go missing and turn up dead, the students of the local elementary school come up with their own explanation. Read More »
No Strings Attached (1997) Josef Rusnak, Vincent Spano, Cheryl Pollak, David Packer, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Marc Demetrius, writer of investigative articles for a magazine, becomes sexually involved with Nicole who threatens his long term relationship with Sara Robbins. Read More »
Little Bird (1997) Carlos Saura, Francisco Rabal, Alejandro Martínez, Dafne Fernández, Drama
Manu, who just turned ten, makes his first trip to Murcia to spend some time with his father’s family. Read More »
Bitter Sugar (1996) Leon Ichaso, René Lavan, Mayte Vilán, Miguel Gutiérrez, Drama, Romance
Gustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. Read More »
I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991) Joseph L. Scanlan, Barbara Eden, Christopher Bolton, Bill Daily, Comedy
Col. Nelson is on a long-term, top-secret space mission. Jeannie cannot bring him home (temporarily) to hear their son’s important academic presentation without knowing exactly where he is in the first place. Read More »
Marathon (1993) Carlos Saura, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Linford Christie, Documentary, Sport
A view of the Olympic Games at Barcelona, using the marathon race as the weaving thread. Read More »
Down the Drain (1993) Shinobu Yaguchi, Noboru Iguchi, Shigeru Izumiya, Kotaro, Comedy
The protagonist, Junko, endures a long series of remarkable misfortunes that leave her at loose ends, steering the films toward the topic of modern experiences of displacement and spiritual homelessness. Read More »
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) Stephen Surjik, Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mimi Rogers, Comedy, Drama, Crime
Two media moguls vie for ownership of a pro football team, at first they play by their own rules of fair game but then it gets dirty. Read More »