A sheltered country girl, Tina goes to study in California. She learns about sex with her roommate and Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Hotel de lux (1992) Dan Pita, Valentin Popescu
In an allegorical tale, a luxurious hotel is ruled like a communist country. Read More »
Gito the Ungrateful / Gito, l’ingrat (1992) Léonce Ngabo
Gito is a young African intellectual returning home from France with numerous academic degrees Read More »
Simon, the Magician (1999) Ildikó Enyedi, Péter Andorai
In this surrealistic movie from the director of My 20th Century, the French police seek help from Simon Read More »
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) Alan Rudolph
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit Read More »
Close-Up / Nema-ye nazdik (1990) Abbas Kiarostami
The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf Read More »
Breath of Life (1999) Luis Ospina, Fernando Solórzano
Emerson Roque Fierro, former policeman and private investigator shadowing, investigates the murder of “Golondrina” Read More »
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991) Charles Finch
Bruce Simmons is an idealistic but out-of-work writer who stubbornly ignores Read More »
Hin helgu vé / The Sacred Mound (1993) Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
On a small island in the west of Island, Gestur, only seven years old, falls in love with 20 years old Helga. Read More »
Nuns on the Run (1990) Jonathan Lynn, Eric Idle
Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When their boss learns they want to “leave” Read More »