Category: Movie Review

WILD THING * (Has redeeming facet) Directed by Max Reid Written by John Sayles With Rob Knepper, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Davi, and Betty Buckley. History, Herr Karl Marx sniffed somewhere […]

MAKING MR. RIGHT *** (A must-see) Directed by Susan Seidelman Written by Floyd Byars and Laurie Frank With Ann Magnuson, John Malkovich, Ben Masters, Laurie Metcalf, and Polly Bergen. Can […]

BLIND DATE **** (Masterpiece) Directed by Blake Edwards Written by Dale Launer Starring Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, William Daniels, George Coe, Mark Blum, Phil Hartman, Stephanie Faracy, and […]

WORKING GIRLS *** (A must-see) Directed by Lizzie Borden Written by Borden and Sandra Kay With Louise Smith, Ellen McElduff, and Amanda Goodwin. In the history of houses that ain’t […]

RAISING ARIZONA ** (Worth seeing) Directed by Joel Coen Written by Joel and Ethan Coen With Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Trey Wilson, Randall “Tex” Cobb, and […]

THE SATIN SLIPPER **** (Masterpiece) Directed and written by Manoel de Oliveira With Luis-Miguel Cintra, Anne Configny, and Patricia Barzyk Cinema has given us many kinds of masterworks. The Satin […]

KANGAROO * (Has redeeming facet) Directed by Tim Burstall Written by Evan Jones With Colin Friels, Judy Davis, John Walton, Julie Nihill, and Hugh Keays-Byrne. Was D.H. Lawrence a profound […]

ATHENS, GA.–INSIDE/OUT ** (Worth seeing) Directed and written by Anthony Gayton With R.E.M., the B-52’s, Dreams So Real, and Love Tractor. Athens, Georgia — 60 miles from Atlanta — is […]

BLUE WINDOW Center Theater Blue Window is not so much a story as a portrait of seven people — three couples and a friend. When I first saw it more […]

STREET SMART *** (A must-see) Directed by Jerry Schatzberg Written by David Freeman Produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus With Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman, and Kathy Baker. Street Smart […]

TIN MEN **** (Masterpiece) Directed and written by Barry Levinson With Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, and Barbara Hershey. There aren’t too many outlets for releasing the frustrations and fury of […]

* Echo Park Directed by Robert Dornhelm Written by Michael Ventura With Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, and Michael Bowen *** Uforia Directed and written by John Binder With Cindy Williams, […]