April 4, 1989

The Deadman (1989) *****

Ce qui me meut (1989) ****

Express Yourself (1989) ***


Excellent music video from Madonna, directed by David Fincher.

Cycles (1989) ***

Martina's Playhouse (1989) ***

Almanach (1989) ***


She Drives Me Crazy (1989) ***


Straight Up (1989) ***


You Take Care Now (1989) ***

Directed by A.M.Fleming. An excellent experimental film about a woman raped in Italy and hit by a car in Vancouver.

Soviet Union (1989) ***


Picture Perfect (1989) *

Directed by Mina Shum. A young guy, addicted to pornography, decides to find a real-life girlfriend.

Diner avec M. Boy et la femme qui aime Jesus (1989) *

Directed by Pascale Ferran. An excentric woman talks with two men in a restaurant.

25 Ways To Quit Smoking (1989) ****

Very witty cartoon about two dozen ways to avoid polluting the lungs. Hilarious.

Korova (1989) ***

Animated film about a cow.

War Story (1989) ***

An old man is telling about his life in "the old days". Often hilarious and very inventive.

Tummy Trouble (1989) ***

Roger Rabbit and Baby Herman wreck havoc in a hospital. Jessica Rabbit plays a nurse.

Juke-Bar (1989) ***

A restaurant owner, trying to get rid of bugs, uses a juke-box to trap the pesky creatures. This cartoon received the First Prize (short subject) at the Montreal Film Festival.

How To Kiss (1989) ***

Kissing can lead in many startling directions, as demonstrated in this witty cartoon.

Knick Knack (1989) ***

Very amusing Pixar cartoon about a little snowman dreaming of hot babes.

Balance (1989) ***

Five people find themselves of an unstable platform, which can only be kept in balance when the weight of all is distributed evenly. A memorable parable about human interdependence and the search for stability. An Oscar-winning gem.

The Hill Farm (1989) **

British animated film about shepherds, fox hunters and a monster.

Next (1989) **

An actor is auditioning on stage. Unlike other Aardman's films, this one uses puppet animation. It's inventive, but a little incoherent.

Nathael et la chasse aux phoques (1989) **

Interesting film about seal hunters in Canada facing pressure from animal rights activists in Europe.

Ident (1989) **

Weird claymation film about ugly people in a labyrinth.

Colporteur (1989) **

A persistent peddler tries to sell umbrellas of varying colors and sizes. His best customers are cactuses suffering from a rainfall.

L'Anniversaire (1989) **

A computer-animated film celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada.

245 Days (1989) *

An unremarkable cartoonby Bill Plympton.

Felicité (1989) *

A non-narrative, meditative cartoon full of melancholic images. Its main theme is sunbathing.

La Boite (1989) *

Unlike most Hoedeman's works, dominated by claymation and puppet animation, this film uses a different technique - it animates paper cut-outs.