Christmas In My Hometown
The Christmas special has long been an integral part of the American holiday season. These schmaltzy, formulaic television movies peddle in an overt sentimentality for an America that used to… Read more »
Tag: 1990s
Ruby
John Mackenzie’s film Ruby (1992) followed hot on the heels of Oliver Stone’s JFK (1991) but was even more liberal with the facts than Stone’s acclaimed picture. Ruby takes the… Read more »
Of Freaks & Men
Russian filmmaker Aleksei Balabanov is best known for his crime film Brother (1997), however many of Balabanov’s early features draw on the traditions of surrealism as well as the Theatre… Read more »
Unlawful Entry
From making quickie B-Movies for Roger Corman to working off-Broadway with Elaine May, Jonathan Kaplan had seemingly done it all. But as Corman’s tenure as the King of B-Movies waned… Read more »
Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale
Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (1994) was Disney’s low-budget, theatrically released offering for that year’s Thanksgiving season. Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale was released roughly seven months before Disney’s animated feature Pocahontas… Read more »
The Object Of My Affection
At one point in The Object Of My Affection (1998) the Allison Janney character says “You know, I enjoy gay people”. This one line captures perfectly the attitudes of this… Read more »
The Last Vampyre
From 1984 to 1994 Jeremy Brett was Sherlock Holmes. To this day no actor has so exactly personified the legendary detective as Brett did. So it’s no wonder that until… Read more »
Gedou Gakuen
Gedou Gakuen (1994-96) is a Japanese OAV from writer and director Kōji Yoshikawa. Gedou Gakuen was released in five forty-minute episodes over the course of two years. The film combines… Read more »
Sleepy Hollow
Tim Burton’s unique brand of “Pop Goth” has become so codified and commodified in popular culture that his films seem to exist as an entity beyond film. The cult following,… Read more »
To Sleep With A Vampire
From executive producer Roger Corman came the straight to video erotic horror film To Sleep With A Vampire (1993). The film follows a depressed stripper whose had a life of… Read more »
