Raising Cain
Though much reviled when first released theatrically, Raising Cain (1992) has grown in its critical estimation since undergoing a re-cut in 2012 by Peet Gelderblom. The Gelderblom version of Raising… Read more »
Tag: 1990s
Empire Records
Some films capture the zeitgeist so perfectly that they end up forming a kind of feedback loop through which they shape and mold that zeitgeist. Empire Records (1995) is one… Read more »
I’m Dangerous Tonight
There’s more than a little that is problematic about Tobe Hooper’s made for television classic I’m Dangerous Tonight (1990). Not only does the film appropriate Aztec culture in a highly… Read more »
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995) was the last film that the renowned filmmaker Claude Sautet ever made. The film tells the story of a young woman, Nelly (Emmanuelle Béart), whose… Read more »
Mary Jane’s Not A Virgin Anymore
Sarah Jacobson’s lone feature Mary Jane’s Not A Virgin Anymore (1996) is a film drenched with the youthful exuberance for creativity. Every frame of this underground masterpiece conveys Jacobson’s love… Read more »
Humanoids From Atlantis
You really have to admire J.R. Bookwalter’s resolve. He had a script about an aquatic monster but had to shoot in March, prompting him to throw out the screenplay and… Read more »
Frankenhooker
Frankenhooker (1990) is one of the seminal genre films of the nineties. It’s a low budget horror-comedy riff on Mary Shelley’s novel that has become one of the most popular… Read more »
The Cat
The Cat (1992) is Lam Ngai Kai’s last film. In a way it is a fitting film to end the director’s career. All the hallmarks of Lam Ngai Kai’s inimitable… Read more »
Songs For Drella
After the sudden death of Andy Warhol in 1987, Julian Schnabel reunited John Cale with Lou Reed suggesting that the two musicians, formerly of The Velvet Underground, memorialize Warhol. The… Read more »
The Second Civil War
Joe Dante’s political satire The Second Civil War (1997), made for HBO, has become more relevant in the 2020s than it ever was in the waning days of the Clinton… Read more »
