A docu-drama that follows Manoel de Oliveira’s life during the times of dictatorship in Portugal. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Affliction (1996) Mark Hejnar, GG Allin, Mike Diana, Full Force Frank, Documentary
This 45 minute documentary by Mark Hejnar is a sort of Whitman’s Sampler of sickness Read More »
The Double Life of Veronique (1991) Krzysztof Kieslowski, Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Halina Gryglaszewska, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Mystery, Romance
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. Read More »
A Carta (1999) Manoel de Oliveira, Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey, Drama
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Read More »
Passion (1999) Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh, Barbara Hershey, Emily Woof, Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
The complicated relationship between Percy Grainger, famous Australian-born early 20th century folk musician Read More »
Carla’s song (1996) Ken Loach, Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn, Drama, Romance, War
1987, love in time of war. A bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly sad life in Glasgow. Read More »
All the Kings Men (1999) Julian Jarrold, David Jason, Maggie Smith, William Ash, Drama, Mystery, War
Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Read More »
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) Ang Lee, Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Senior Master Chef Chu lives in a large house in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen, a chemistry teacher converted to Christianity Read More »
Noises Off… (1992) Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Denholm Elliott, Comedy
Lloyd Fellowes is the director of a theatre company. He’s desperately trying to get his production together, despite the best efforts of the cast, the crew, and Lady Luck. Read More »
Taxi Blues (1990) Pavel Lungin, Pyotr Mamonov, Pyotr Zaychenko, Vladimir Kashpur, Comedy, Drama
Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Read More »