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Tag Archives: 1990s
Gas Food Lodging (1992) Allison Anders, Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk
In the boring desert of New Mexico, a single mother raises her two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi Read More »
Original Gangstas (1996) Larry Cohen, Fred Williamson, Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier
Marvin Bookman is a small shop owner in Gary, Indiana, USA. After he sees a drive-by shooting of Laurie Thompson’s son by a local gang Read More »
When the Party’s Over (1993) Matthew Irmas, Rae Dawn Chong, Sandra Bullock, Kris Kamm
M.J. lives together with her girlfriends Amanda and Frankie in a house in Beverly Hills. Read More »
Angela (1995) Rebecca Miller, Miranda Rhyne, Charlotte Eve Blythe, Anna Levine
The ten year-old Angela and her little sister Ellie move to an old house in the countryside with her parents Mae and Andrew. Read More »
Mary From Beijing (1992) Sylvia Chang, Lawrence Ah Mon, Kenny Bee, Cynthia Cheung
Ma Lei which sounds like “Mary” is a Chinese citizen, living in Hong Kong as the kept woman of a jeweler. Read More »
964 Pinocchio (1991) Shozin Fukui, Haji Suzuki, Onn-chan, Kôji Ôtsubo
Pinocchio 964, lobotomised cyborg sex slave, is thrown out onto the street by his owners Read More »
Year of the Horse (1997) Neil Young, Jim Jarmusch, Ralph Molina
This film documents Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s 1996 concert tour. Read More »
Company Business (1991) Nicholas Meyer, Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith
Rogue CIA agent Sam Boyd is called back by “the Company” to do some work. Read More »
The Last Days of Disco (1998) Whit Stillman, Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman
The Last Days of Disco, from director Whit Stillman, is a cleverly comic look at the early 1980s Manhattan party scene Read More »