Film Dictionary

August 8, 1992

C'est arrivé près de vous (1992) ***

Le Cahier volé (1992) **

A lesbian romance between two young girls in a French provincial town after the war. Sensitively acted, but the ending is unnecessarily tragic.

Daens (1992) **

Historical drama about the founder of the Belgian Christian Socialist movement.

Un Coeur en hiver (1992) *

Directed by Claude Sautet. With Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Beart and Andre Dussolier. Boring drama about musicians.

Nord (1992) *

A dull and boring French film. Nothing happens.

L.627 (1992) **

Policiers français luttent contre les trafiquants de drogue. Une réalisation de Bertrand Tavernier.

July 7, 1992

Requiem pro panenku (1992) ***

From Hong Kong comes this stylish, superbly directed thriller about a beautiful hitwoman named Kitty (Chingmy Yau), pursued by a psychotic lesbian assasin named Princess (Carrie Ng). Princess wants to kill Kitty, but not before having sex with her. This infuriates Princess' assistant and lover, Baby, who becomes very jealous and upset. Together, they kill Sister Cindy, Princess' and Kitty's mentor. But Kitty has an ally, an impotent cop named Tinam (Simon Yam). The film is equally impressive for its action sequences (perfectly choreographed and edited), great costumes (Kitty's skimpy leather-and-latex outfits, Sister Cindy's Oddjob hats) and sex scenes (somewhat discreet, but very arousing). It's feminism, Hong Kong-style - women are strong, men are impotent. Directed by Clarence Fok.

Jamon Jamon (1992) ***

Black Cat 2 (1992) **

A CIA assassin (Jade Leong) foils a plot to kill Boris Yeltsin. Not nearly as a good as the original.

City Hunter (1992) **

Directed by Wong Jing. With Jackie Chan, Joey Wong and Chingmy Yau. It looks more like a Stephen Chow comedy than a Jackie Chan kung-fu flick. Jackie doesn't fight much, but his female co-stars (particularly Chingmy Yau) are quite feisty.

Diably diably (1992) *

Dorota Kedzierzawska's film debut doesn't yet reveal her talent and sensitivity so evident in her later masterworks like "Wrony" (1995) and "Jestem" (2005). Here, she tells a simple story of young children fascinated by Gypsies, but the allegory is crude and unconvincing.

La Vie de Boheme (1992) ***

Autumn Moon (1992) *

Directed by Clara Law, it's a boring film about a Japanese tourist in Hong Kong who befriends a 15-year-old girl. Unfortunately, nothing kinky happens between them.

The Dark Side Of The Heart (1992) *

Bizarre sex comedy from Argentina. Winner of the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal Film Festival.

Midori (1992) *

Directed by Hiroshi Harada. An extremely sleazy Japanese animated feature about a little orphan girl abused and molested by everyone in sight. Length: 48 minutes.

Three Days (1992) *

An undescribably boring Lithuanian film set in Kaliningrad.

Wszystko co najwazniejsze (1992) *

Film o losach polskiej rodziny inteligenckiej pochodzenia zydowskiego, zeslanej na stepy Kazachstanu.

Dr Lamb (1992) **

Directed by Danny Lee and Billy Tang. A shocking film about a serial killer. Its narrative structure became the model for countless other erotic thrillers made in Hong Kong - a suspect is arrested and the cops beat the crap out of him until he confesses, allowing for extended (and very explicit) flashbacks of the crime. This film contains many gruesome and violent sequences, but no sex or nudity. It's based on a true story of a demented taxi driver, Lam Gor Yu, responsible for killing young prostitutes. Box office: 13 million HK.

Police Story III: Supercop (1992) **

Released in the United States in 1996 as "Supercop", it's an uneven Jackie Chan actioner. The first half is very boring, but near the end there is an exciting chase scene involving a train and a helicopter.

Rikki O (1992) **

Tough prison drama from Hong Kong.

Stalingrad (1992) **

Gritty war drama about the greatest Nazi defeat of WWII.

The Stolen Children (1992) **

Fine Italian film about a policeman escorting two children on their way to an orphanage.

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) **

Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. As usual, the sequel is less impressive than the original.

Scent Of Gardenia (1992) *

Brazilian drama about an estranged husband of an actress who decides to kill her.

June 6, 1992

Chaplin (1992) ***

Peter's Friends (1992) ***

Map Of The Human Heart (1992) ***

May 5, 1992

Being At Home With Claude (1992) *

Un policier essaye de comprendre le comportement d'un prostitué homosexuel qui confesse d'avoir tué un client. Cette réalisation de Jean Beaudin souffre des excès stylistiques.

April 4, 1992

Stereotypes (1992) ****

Post-modernist comedy about a young man running away from his girlfriend. Full of absurdist situations and surrealistic jokes.

Pets Or Meat: The Return To Flint (1992) ***

A short sequel to Michael Moore's feature-length documentary hit "Roger & Me" (1989).

Menage (1992) ***

Directed by Pierre Salvadori. A housewife cleaning her appartment is visited by a dirty and depressed woman.

Nuthin' But A G Thang (1992) ***

Creation (1992) ***

Free Your Mind (1992) ***

A music video from Mark Romanek.

The Bitches (1992) ***

Man On The Moon (1992) ***

An homage to Andy Kaufman. Directed by Peter Care.

Parisienne People (1992) ***

A cigarette commercial directed by Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Mieville.

Cindy Crawford (1992) ***

L'Enfance de l'art (1992) **

Those Were The Days (1992) *

The infamous Leningrad Cowboys are back in this short film. They perform the title song. This picture is just as forgettable as their debut feature, "Leningrad Cowboys Go America" (1989).

Assassins (1992) *

An old man is brutally murdered by two hired killers.

Words Words Words (1992) ***

How To Make A Decision (1992) ***

Directed by Matthew Brunner. Hilarious film about a mysterious box. Computer animation.

Adam (1992) ***

A Feather Tale (1992) ***

Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase (1992) ***

Screen Play (1992) ***

The Sandman (1992) ***

Visually impressive horror cartoon.

Trail Mix-Up (1992) ***

Directed by Barry Cook. Roger Rabbit and Baby Herman in the great outdoors. Jessica Rabbit plays a park ranger.

Pearl's Diner (1992) **

The film set in a roadside diner, where truck drivers stop for breakfast or lunch.

So Far So (1992) *

Directed by A.M.Fleming. Crude animation and an incomprehensible story (something about a vacation in Europe).

March 3, 1992

Seinfeld: The Contest (1992) *****

Cosi fan tutte (1992) ***

Seinfeld: Subway (1992) ***

Two Women (1992) ***

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Pieski Sylwester (1992) *

Wszystkie piosenki to powtorki z poprzednich kabaretow Olgi Lipinskiej:

"Nowy Rok 1974" ("Gallux-Show: Wieczor 9") **

"Tylko walczyk" ("Gallux-Show: Wieczor 6") **

"Jeszcze nigdy tak nie bylo" ("Bal") ***

"Bal u profesora Baczynskiego" ("Zielona Ges: Wieczor II") **

"Wielka Scena Balkonowa" ("Lepiej z glupim zgubic") **

"Kumple" ("Gallux-Show: Wieczor 9") *

"Czas Sylwestra" ("Gallux-Show: Wieczor 9") **

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Lwi pazur mistrza (1992) *

Wszystkie piosenki to powtorki z poprzednich odcinkow Kabaretu Olgi Lipinskiej:

"To nie jest czas dla czlowieka" ("Bal") **

"Wszystko sie ulozy jak w pudeleczku" ("Bal") ***

"Daj se luz!" ("...zza krzaka") **

"Mojzesz" ("Skumbrie w tomacie") **

"Cyganek" ("Kabaret bez tytulu") **

"Spowiedz kretyna" ("Dyrekcja") *

"Ite missa est" ("Wieczor Sylwestrowy") *

Seinfeld: The Pick (1992) ***

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Lepiej z glupim zgubic (1992) ***

Piosenki:

"Oszolomy" **

"Darwin" ***

"Dojrzej narodzie!" *

"Wielka Scena Balkonowa" **

"O babci co na gazie gotowala" **

"Chodzila Matka Boska" *

"Moi drodzy czas ucieka" ***

Grand Prix Australia (1992) ***

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: ...zza krzaka (1992) ***

Piosenki:

"Cenzura" **

"Perypatetycy" **

"Duet" **

"Polska glupota" *

"Upal w raju" **

"Pani S." **

"Daj se luz!" ***

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Skumbrie w tomacie (1992) ***

Piosenki:

"Piaskownica" **

"Skumbrie w tomacie" **

"Czemuz o dziecie" *

"Zacaluj mnie na smierc" **

"Nie da sie rzadzic" *

"Mojzesz" **

"La Danse des Polonais" **

"Gibamy sie!" *

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Bekarty (1992) ***

Piosenki:

"Samokrytyka" **

"List noworoczny do ludzi z wiosek i malych miast" ("uma uma um") **

"Profesorski krakowiaczek" **

"Lecz ogolnie mamy wolnosc" *

"Ene due rike fake" *

"Pucu pucu raczki" **

"Czlowiek juz prawie zapomnial" **

"Kuku na muniu" **

February 2, 1992

Damage (1992) **

Alien 3 (1992) **

Very stylish horror film set in the outer-space. Visually superb, but boring. It lacks the claustrophobic intensity of Ridley Scott's original and the nerve-wrecking, overwhelming energy of James Cameron's sequel. Instead, director David Fincher (in his film debut) makes a gory, nihilistic statement about the future of humanity, a very disturbing and unpleasant film. Action scenes are weak, but the film is far being a failure - its bare, desolate settings create an atmosphere of gloom, pessimism and hopeless despair.