1991-2000

  • Otar Iosseliani – Brigands, chapitre VII (1996)

    1991-2000ArthouseComedyFranceOtar Iosseliani

    Synopsis:
    In this satiric comedy/drama from Georgian director Otar Iosseliani, a group of censors gather to pass judgement on a new film. However, the reels are shown out of order, so they find the story jumps from one time period to another as the moral guardians are treated to a parade of sex, violence, and bitterly ironic humor. A group of modern-day snipers perched on a rooftop open fire on unknowing passers-by down below. The ruler of an ancient kingdom journeys to lead his troops into battle after putting his wife in a chastity belt — not knowing she has a key and revenge on her mind. Arms dealers in Paris eat, drink, and are merry as they enjoy the spoils of their deadly trade. And a Soviet policemen in the Communist era decides to show his son what he does for a living, treating him to a day of watching father beat and torture innocent people.
    — allmovie guide.Read More »

  • Jem Cohen – Instrument: Ten Years with the Band Fugazi (1999)

    USA1991-2000DocumentaryJem CohenPerformance

    Quote:
    Instrument is a documentary film directed by Jem Cohen about the band Fugazi. Cohen’s relationship with band member Ian MacKaye extends back to the 1970s when the two met in high school in Washington, D.C.. The film takes its title from the Fugazi song of the same name, from their 1993 album, In on the Kill Taker.
    Editing of the film was done by both Cohen and the members of the band over the course of five years. It was shot from 1987 through 1998 on super 8, 16mm and video and is composed mainly of footage of concerts, interviews with the band members, practices, tours and time spent in the studio recording their 1995 album, Red Medicine.
    The film also includes portraits of fans as well as interviews with them at various Fugazi shows around the United States throughout the years.Read More »

  • Ben Verbong – De onfatsoenlijke vrouw AKA The Indecent Woman (1991)

    1991-2000Ben VerbongDramaNetherlands

    A woman with a steady marriage and a little daughter, goes berserk and engages in a game of seduction.Read More »

  • Jinsei Tsuji – Tenshi no wakemae AKA Angel’s Share (1995)

    1991-2000DramaFantasyJapanJinsei Tsuji

    A strange duo, Minko and Hiroto, who believe themselves to be angels, throw out fashion massage leaflets called “Angel Dispatch” from the roof of a building on Christmas Day in order to save unfortunate people. The flyers were blown by the wind and fell into the city.Read More »

  • Jonathan Nossiter – Sunday (1997)

    1991-2000ArthouseDramaJonathan NossiterUSA

    Quote:
    Jonathan Nossiter’s “Sunday” – winner of the Grand Jury Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival – is an intriguingly ambiguous drama about the chance meeting and role-playing of two lonely, middle-aged people in Queens, N.Y. Despite a slow, disorienting start and an unsatisfying conclusion, pic has memorable impact due largely to strong lead performances by David Suchet and Lisa Harrow. Even so, it will need canny marketing, backed with highly favorable critical response, to attract ticketbuyers in specialty venues.Read More »

  • Hiroshi Harada – Shôjo tsubaki: Chika gentô gekiga AKA Midori (1992)

    1991-2000AnimationHiroshi HaradaHorrorJapan

    Midori, is a young, and vibrant girl who enjoys her school and classes, but after her mother became very ill, and their dad evaded contact with her, her mom dies from her ailments. Midori is then tricked by a circus producer to enter his funfair, where she is consistently raped and abused by the circus folk, but when she is on the edge of giving up hope, she is acquainted by a dwarf, and her whole world changes.

    Based on the manga Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show by Suehiro Maruo.Read More »

  • Sergio Cabrera – La estrategia del caracol AKA Strategy of the Snail (1993)

    Comedy1991-2000ColombiaPoliticsSergio Cabrera

    Quote:
    La Estrategia del Caracol (English: The Strategy of the Snail) is a 1993 Colombian comedy-drama film directed and produced by Colombian filmmaker and director Sergio Cabrera. The film is starred by Frank Ramirez, Florina Lemaitre, Humberto Dorado, Fausto Cabrera and Carlos Vives. The film is a winner of the Berlin International Film Festival and the Biarritz Film Cinema Festival of Latin America. The film deals with the hardships of low income class families in Bogota. The breach between rich and poor and their interactions in a highly stratified social system.Read More »

  • Yonfan – Mei shao nian zhi lian AKA Bishonen (1998)

    1991-2000DramaHong KongQueer Cinema(s)RomanceYonfan

    Quote:
    Jet is the star gigolo in Hong Kong. Arrogant, sexy, everyone falls in love with him, but he falls in love with no one… until one day he meets Sam, the hunkiest policeman to ever pound a beat on Hollywood Road. From then on, Jet changes himself into somebody he is not: innocent, sweet, clean, pure. It’s way of setting a trap to catch Sam. But unknowingly Jet falls into the trap himself. Things begin to get out of control when it turns out that Sam’s past is part of Jet’s present.Read More »

  • Andriy Donchik – Kisnevij Golod AKA Oxygen Starvation (1992)

    Drama1991-2000Andriy DonchikUkraineWar

    Soviet army was one the worst for human dignity places to be. The task of the army was to turn freethinkers into normal dumb Soviet people. An intelligent Ukrainian guy refuses to obey.Read More »

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