Vienna, 1995. Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad and Roman live near the northern border of Austria. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
The Cops are Robbers / Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990) Paul Wendkos, Ray Sharkey, Edward Asner, George Kennedy, Crime, Drama
This fun, intriguing action flick tells the tale of a ragtag group of disillusioned Boston police officers who, in 1980, got together and pulled one of the largest bank heists in American history. Read More »
In Between (1991) Thomas Constantinides, Robert Forster, Wings Hauser, Robin Mattson, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Three strangers – two women and one man – find themselves trapped inside an unfamiliar house with no recollection of how they got there. Read More »
Six-String Samurai (1998) Lance Mungia, Jeffrey Falcon, Justin McGuire, Kim De Angelo, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi
A mysterious and powerful hero of the classic kind, Buddy is as skilled with his guitar as he is with his samurai sword. Read More »
Raus aus der Haut / Changing Skins (1997) Andreas Dresen, Susanne Bormann, Fabian Busch, Otto Mellies, Comedy, Drama
Anna and Marcus are in the same class and there are just some weeks left before they get their leaving certification and with it the permission to study. Read More »
Leaving Normal (1992) Edward Zwick, Christine Lahti, Meg Tilly, Patrika Darbo, Comedy, Drama
For her entire life, twenty-seven year old Marianne Johnson has been on the move, the decisions which she’s made as an adult which have been total failures, such as her second most recent marriage to Curtis Johnson, which brought her to Normal, Wyoming. Read More »
Al-massir / Destiny (1997) Youssef Chahine, Nour El-Sherif, Hani Salama, Laila Eloui, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgements are not liked by everyone. Read More »
Marius et Jeannette / Marius and Jeannette (1997) Robert Guédiguian, Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Pascale Roberts, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Marius is the keeper of an abandonned cement works staying high above the quarter of l’Estaque in Marseilles. Read More »
La Naissance de l’amour / The Birth of Love (1993) Philippe Garrel, Lou Castel, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Johanna ter Steege, Drama
Middle-aged artistes provide the focus of this drama filmed in black and white. The story is set in Paris around the time of the Gulf War. Read More »
Bô no kanashimi / Like a Rolling Stone (1994) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Eiji Okuda, Eiko Nagashima, Reiko Takashima, Crime, Drama
Tanaka is a yakuza who collects ‘protection money’ from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and finds out that his boss wants to get rid of him. Read More »