1990s

  • Yolande Zauberman – Clubbed to Death (Lola) (1996)

    1991-2000ArthouseDramaFranceYolande Zauberman

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    A young woman visiting Paris, misses the last bus home, finds herself stranded on the outskirts of Paris. Entering a local club, she meets a troubled drug addict.Read More »

  • Scott King – Treasure Island (1999)

    1991-2000CultFilm NoirQueer Cinema(s)Scott KingUSA

    Treasure Island is an experimental, 16 mm black-and-white drama written, directed, and photographed by producer Scott King. The loosely constructed plot shows the private lives of two British code-crackers (Lance Baker and Nick Offerman) during WWII who decode letters and look for hidden meanings behind the words. As a counterintelligence ploy, they decide to drop a dead body off the coast of Japan before a discovered invasion. The film then turns to these men’s personal lives and the problems with the women they love, along with the secrets they hide.Read More »

  • Ousmane Sembene – Guelwaar (1992)

    1991-2000African CinemaComedyDramaOusmane SembeneSenegal

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    Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor. A satiric portrayal of religion and politics, sometimes humorous, sometimes deadly serious.Read More »

  • Krzysztof Krauze – Dlug AKA The Debt (1999) (DVD)

    1991-2000CrimeDramaKrzysztof KrauzePoland

    The Debt is a gripping thriller about two entrepreneurs who become tangled in the web of a Russian thug. Two friends begin a business venture of importing Italian scooters into Poland. With no collateral, they turn to a Russian acquaintance that offers money and support in the beginning and then inexplicably turns violent and vicious. Tension mounts as the two friends begin to understand what must be done. Based on a true story, The Debt is a terrifying tale of ordinary men pushed to their limit.Read More »

  • Phil Agland – China: Beyond the Clouds (1994)

    USA1991-2000DocumentaryPhil Agland

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    Travel to Lijiang and learn about life in China of the 1990s. At first, this small town may seem strange to you and its residents very different, but you’ll quickly discover that people in Lijiang care about the same kinds of things as you. Watch the drama of the Lu family as they live and work. Follow Mr. Mu as he deals with the aftermath of his nephew’s murder, and observe the official inquiry into the young teenager’s death. See Dr. Tang use acupuncture to treat Little Swallow, a young girl with cerebral palsy. CHINA: BEYOND THE CLOUDS is an intense journey into the dreams, anxieties, and joys of ordinary people living in an extraordinary time.Read More »

  • Gakuryû Ishii – Enjeru dasuto aka Angel Dust (1994)

    1991-2000AsianCrimeGakuryû IshiiJapan

    Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist – Dr Rei Aku – who Setsuko used to date. As she get closer to the solution, she gets more and more convinced that Aku’s deprogramming of former sectmembers is important.Read More »

  • Lance Mungia – Six-String Samurai (1998)

    1991-2000ActionComedyLance MungiaRock n' Roll MusicalsUSA

    In the post-apocalyptic world of 1960s Nevada, a rock ‘n’ roll samurai on his way to Lost Vegas takes a young orphan boy under his protection as Death and his metalhead Horsemen chase after them.Read More »

  • Ulrich Seidl – Mit Verlust ist zu rechnen AKA Loss Is to Be Expected (1992)

    1991-2000AustriaDocumentaryUlrich Seidl

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    In a small Austrian village near the Czech border lives Sepp Paur, a widower. The food supply that his late wife stored in the freezer is running low. It is time for Sepp to look for another wife. He looks across the border, where the widow Paula lives. Two people, two neighboring villages. In between? The border. The film is about all these, but not only. It’s also about the loss of borders, the loss of home, the loss of youth, the loss of love.Read More »

  • Alex Bag – Untitled Fall ’95 (1995)

    1991-2000Alex BagExperimentalUSAVideo Art

    In Untitled Fall ’95, Bag, at the time an art student, “plays” Bag the art student. In a series of deadpan performances, Bag gathers fragments of pop detritus, fashioning a thoroughly mediated document that is at once a celebration and a record of loss. With the narrative inevitability of a TV serial, the eight diaristic segments trace a woman’s struggle to make sense of her experience at art school. As each installment marks the start of a new semester, Bag’s character addresses the camera with her latest observations and frustrations.Read More »

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