Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat (responsible mainly for the writing of birth certificates) and a father of five children Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
The Celebration AKA Festen (1998) Thomas Vinterberg, Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen
The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Read More »
The Devils, the Devils AKA Diably, diably (1991) Dorota Kedzierzawska, Danuta Szaflarska, Monika Niemczyk, Jerzy Lapinski
A film set in a small Polish village in the ’60s that deals with a young girl’s awakening sexuality. Read More »
The Student Prince (1997) Simon Curtis, Robson Green, Gavin Richards, Peter Lovstrom
The Queen’s youngest son is off to university, mainly because “I’m hopeless at anything else”. Read More »
Beltenebros AKA Prince of Shadows (1991) Pilar Miró, Terence Stamp, Patsy Kensit, José Luis Gómez
Captain Darman is a communist party hitman now living peacefully in exile in England where he runs a bookshop in Brighton. Read More »
Blind Faith (1990) Paul Wendkos, Robert Urich, Joanna Kerns, David Barry Gray
Joe McGinnis’ best-seller is brought to tv. Set in the town of Toms River, New Jersey Read More »
Live Nude Girls (1995) Julianna Lavin, Dana Delany, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Stevenson
Georgina throws a sleepover party for her friend Jamie, a moderately successful actress Read More »
Skirt Power AKA Taafé Fanga (1997) Adama Drabo, Fanta Berete, Dumu Berté, Yamadou Cissé
A group of woman in an African village finds a mystical mask. Using the mask, they reverse gender roles, women act like men, and men act like women. Read More »
Gadjo dilo AKA The Crazy Stranger (1997) Tony Gatlif, Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban
Stéphane, a young French man from Paris, travels to Romania. Read More »
The Escape (1998) Stuart Gillard, Patrick Dempsey, Brigitte Bako, Colm Feore
Clayton, at the age of nineteen, is convicted for a crime he did not commit. Read More »
Kunoichi ninpô-chô: Yagyû gaiden AKA Kunoichi: Lady Ninja (1998) Hitoshi Ozawa, Yûko Moriyama, Kazuki Takeda, Momoka Saeki
Yuko Moriyama stars in this ninja period piece as one of seven women determined Read More »
Vsetko co mam rad AKA Everything I Like (1993) Martin Sulík, Juraj Nvota, Gina Bellman, Zdena Studenková
At 38, Thomas is at a crossroads in his life. His parents are nonstop guilt-inducers Read More »
A Soldiers Daughter Never Cries (1998) James Ivory, Leelee Sobieski, Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey
This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotionless slice-of-life story. Read More »
The Book of Life (1998) Hal Hartley, Martin Donovan, P.J. Harvey, Dave Simonds
The end of the millenium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. Read More »
The Witches (1990) Nicolas Roeg, Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher
A young boy, recently orphaned, is taken to England by his grandmother. Read More »