A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Królowa aniolów (1999) Mariusz Grzegorzek, Gabriela Muskala, Mariusz Jakus, Zofia Rysiówna, Drama, Romance
The film takes place in two spaces of time. Modern history tells the story of a passing relationship crisis doctor James with her teacher Maria. Read More »
Hors la vie / Out of Life (1991) Maroun Bagdadi, Hippolyte Girardot, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Hussein Sbeity, Drama
Patrick Perrault, a photo-journalist covering the war in Beirut in the late 1980s, is himself caught up in the hostilities when one day he is picked up and bundled into a car at gun-point. Read More »
Denial / Something About Sex (1998) Adam Rifkin, Jonathan Silverman, Leah Lail, Patrick Dempsey, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of middle class tosspots find their cosy dinner party disrupted when boorish, borderline misanthrope Art Witz (Alexander, aka Seinfeld’s George Costanza) Read More »
Innocent Lies (1995) Patrick Dewolf, Adrian Dunbar, Florence Hoath, Sophie Aubry, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In September 1938 a British detective comes to a small French coastal town in order to investigate the death of a colleague. Read More »
Afraid of the Dark (1991) Mark Peploe, James Fox, Fanny Ardant, Paul McGann, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Lucas is a little boy who’s going blind. The only thing that could save his eyesight is a risky eye operation that could either fix his eyes or blind him for good. Read More »
Boy Meets Girl (1994) Ray Brady, Tim Poole, Danielle Sanderson, Margot Steinberg, Drama, Horror
A woman picks a man up in a bar and takes him back to her place. He thinks he is going to get laid, she has over plans. Read More »
Jie zi zhan shi / The Scorpion King / Operation Scorpio (1992) David Lai, Kar Lok Chin, Chia-Liang Liu, Jung Yuen, Action, Comedy
Dreamy young Yu-Shu who draws comics of imaginary martial arts heroes is put to a test when he rescues a young girl from a prostitution racket headed by a local police chief. Read More »
Booy-E Pirahan-E Yusef / The Scent of Joseph’s Shirt (1995) Ebrahim Hatamikia, Niki Karimi, Ali Nassirian, Jafar Dehghan, Drama, War
A subtle examination of the intricacies of mourning those who are missing in action. Read More »
The Eternal Evil of Asia (1995) Man Kei Chin, Kwok-Pong Chan, Ellen Chan, Ben Ng, Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
A group of friends went on a hedonistic trip to Thailand. Accidentally, they rape and kill a sorcerer’s sister. Read More »