
This is the telling of the life of organized crime boss, Meyer Lansky, as remembered by him as a very old man who is moving about the world looking for some country that will take him in since the US courts have put out an extradition order for him to stand trial. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Molokh / Moloch (1999) Aleksandr Sokurov, Elena Rufanova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Irina Sokolova, Drama

In 1942, in Bavaria, Eva Braun is alone, when Adolf Hitler arrives with Dr. Josef Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels and Martin Bormann to spend a couple of days without talking politics. Read More »
Two Hands (1999) Gregor Jordan, Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, David Field, Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A 19 year old (Heath Ledger) finds himself in debt to a local gangster (Bryan Brown) when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Read More »
Dalí (1991) Antoni Ribas, Lorenzo Quinn, Sarah Douglas, Michael Catlin, Biography, Drama
This is a biographical film on the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Young Dali, already famous in Europe, arrives in New York in the 1940s because that’s where the money is, and the war isn’t. Read More »
Girl, Interrupted (1999) James Mangold, Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Drama
Susanna is depressed and directionless after finishing high school in the late 1960’s. A suicide attempt lands her in Claymore, a mental institution. Read More »
Kiss the Girls (1997) Gary Fleder, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alex Cross, a Washington D.C. cop and forensic psychologist learns that his niece who is going to college in North Carolina is missing. Read More »
Lamerica (1994) Gianni Amelio, Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Drama

Two Italian racketeers come to Albania just after the fall of the communists to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants. Read More »
Diario napoletano / Neapolitan Diary (1992) Francesco Rosi, Simona Caramelli, Pietro Bontempo, Documentary, Crime, History

A fascinating return to the same issues done in a semi-docu style. The ‘story’ joins Rosi as he fights his way through impossible city traffic to a school of architecture to host a discussion of the older movie. Read More »
Heroic Trio 2 – Executioners (1993) Siu-Tung Ching, Johnnie To, Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Set some time after the original ‘Heroic Trio’ the city has been devastated by nuclear attack. Read More »
Heroic Trio (1993) Johnnie To, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, Action, Fantasy

The all-female Heroic Trio are Tung (Wonder Woman), Chat (Thief Catcher), a mercenary, and Ching (Invisible Woman). Read More »

