Harry Stone (Danny Aiello), a formerly top notch director, has had three disastrous movies in a row. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
The Out-of-Towners (1999) Sam Weisman, Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of a couple, Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview. Read More »
The Grifters (1990) Stephen Frears, Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. Read More »
Schtonk (1992) Helmut Dietl, Götz George, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christiane Hörbiger
Fritz is a falsifier drawing a picture of Eva Braun, the girlfriend of Adolf Hitler. Read More »
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson, Allison Anders, Kathryn Bigelow
Despite its nearly four-hour running time, this is a uniquely personal look at movies from one of the late 20th century’s great directors and film historians. Read More »
Ripe (1996) Mo Ogrodnik, Monica Keena, Daisy Eagan, Gordon Currie
When their abusive parents are killed in a car crash, twin sisters Rosie and Violet vow to run away to Kentucky in search of a better life. Read More »
Frost (1997) Fred Kelemen, Adolfo Assor, Harry Baer, Isolde Barth
This three-hour epic 16mm film focuses on a mother and son fleeing her abusive husband in Berlin and wandering the former East Germany seeking a town that has long since vanished. Read More »
Blue Black Permanent (1992) Margaret Tait, Celia Imrie, Jack Shepherd, Gerda Stevenson
Barbara Thorburn wiles away the hours with memories of Greta, her mother, the poet. Read More »
I Stand Alone (1998) Gaspar Noé, Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain
The Butcher (known from Noe’s short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Read More »
Journey of Hope (1990) Xavier Koller, Necmettin Çobanoglu, Nur Sürer, Emin Sivas
In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. Read More »