S&S: February 1994

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

February 1994

Vol. 4 No. 2

Addams Family Values

USA - 1993 - 94m - col

UIP (PG)

D: Barry Sonnenfeld
Series: The Addams Family (1991, Jan/1992).
Audio: 5.1

The Age of Innocence

USA - 1993 - 138m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (U)

D: Martin Scorsese
Audio: 7.1

Another Stakeout

USA - 1993 - 108m - col / scope

Buena Vista (PG)

D: John Badham
Series: StakeOut (1987, Apr/1988).
Audio: 5.1

Bhaji on the Beach

UK - 1993 - 101m - col

First Independent (15)

D: Gurinder Chadha
Dolby Stereo

The Blue Kite

藍風箏

Hong Kong/China - 1992 - 138m - col

ICA (12)

D: Tian Zhuangzhuang
Dolby Stereo

Bodies Rest & Motion

USA - 1993 - 94m - col

Electric (15)

D: Michael Steinberg
Dolby Stereo SR

Calendar

Canada/Armenia/Germany - 1993 - 75m - col

ICA

D: Atom Egoyan

Carlito’s Way

USA - 1993 - 145m - col / scope

UIP (18)

D: Brian De Palma
Followed by: Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005).
Audio: 5.1

Cinema Paradiso

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Italy/France - 1988 - 175m/123m - col

Palace (PG)

D: Giuseppe Tornatore
Dolby Stereo
Also reviewed: Mar 1990

Decadence

UK/Germany - 1993 - 108m - col

Mayfair (18)

D: Steven Berkoff
Dolby Stereo

Desperate Remedies

New Zealand - 1993 - 93m - col

Electric (15) (cut)

D: Stewart Main, Peter Wells
Dolby Stereo

The Hour of the Pig

(USA: The Advocate)

UK/France - 1993 - 117m - col

Mayfair (15)

D: Leslie Megahey
Dolby Stereo

Jack Be Nimble

New Zealand - 1992 - 96m - col

Metro Tartan (18)

D: Garth Maxwell
Dolby Stereo

Lan fengzheng

[see: Blue Kite, The]

Malice

USA - 1993 - 107m - col

Rank (15)

D: Harold Becker
Dolby Stereo SR

Manhattan Murder Mystery

USA - 1993 - 107m - col

Columbia TriStar (PG)

D: Woody Allen

The Meteor Man

USA - 1993 - 100m - col

Electric Triangle (PG) (cut)

D: Robert Townsend
Dolby Stereo

Mrs. Doubtfire

USA - 1993 - 125m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12) (cut)

D: Chris Columbus
Dolby Stereo SR

A Perfect World

USA - 1993 - 138m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Clint Eastwood
Audio: 5.1

Surviving Desire

USA (TV) - 1989 - 57m - col

ICA (PG)

D: Hal Hartley
Audio: Stereo

Tokyo Story

東京物語

(aka: Tōkyō Monogatari)

Japan - 1953 - 135m - bw

Contemporary (U)

D: Yasujirō Ozu
Also reviewed: May 1965.

U.F.O.

UK - 1993 - 79m - col

Feature Film Company (18)

D: Tony Dow
Dolby Stereo

Les visiteurs

(USA: The Visitors)

France - 1993 - 107m - col / scope

Arrow (15)

D: Jean-Marc Poiré
Followed by: Les couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs II (1998), Just Visiting (2001, Mar/2002).
Dolby Stereo

S&S: January 1994

Introduction for newcomers

Censor certificates

Glossary

Sight & Sound

January 1994

Vol. 4 No. 1

American Heart

USA - 1992 - 114m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: Martin Bell
Dolby Stereo

Ba wang bie ji

[see: Farewell My Concubine]

Bound and Gagged: A Love Story

USA - 1992 - 94m - col

Metro Tartan (18)

D: Daniel B. Appleby
Dolby Stereo

Century

UK - 1993 - 112m - col

Electric (15)

D: Stephen Poliakoff
Dolby Stereo

Down Among the Big Boys

UK (TV) - 1993 - 88m - col

TV: BBC

D: Charles Gormley
Audio: Stereo

Farewell My Concubine

霸王別姬

Hong Kong/China - 1993 - 171m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Chen Kaige
Dolby Stereo

Friends

S.Africa/UK/France - 1993 - 109m - col

Metro Tartan (15)

D: Elaine Proctor
Dolby Stereo

The Good Son

USA - 1993 - 87m - col

20th Century Fox (cut)

D: Joseph Ruben
Passed for cinema by the BBFC in 1994, but the certificate was subsequently withheld following a tabloid-manufactured witch-hunt against 'video nasties'. By the time the film was eventually cleared for release, the distributors decided its time had come and gone, and abandoned plans for theatrical exhibition. It went straight to video instead, where it was passed with cuts.
Dolby Stereo

Guilty as Sin

USA - 1993 - 107m - col

Buena Vista (15)

D: Sidney Lumet
Audio: 5.1

Innocent Moves
Searching for Bobby Fischer

USA - 1993 - 110m - col
UIP (PG)
D: Steven Zaillian
Dolby Stereo

King of the Hill

USA - 1993 - 103m - col / scope

UIP (12)

D: Steven Soderbergh
Dolby Stereo

Mac

USA - 1992 - 118m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: John Turturro
Dolby Stereo

Menace II Society

USA - 1993 - 97m - col

First Independent (18) (cut)

D: Albert Hughes & Allen Hughes [as: The Hughes Brothers]
Dolby Stereo

Money for Nothing

UK (TV) - 1993 - 90m - col

TV: BBC

D: Michael Ockrent
Audio: Stereo

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

USA - 1993 - 104m - col

Columbia TriStar (PG)

D: Mel Brooks
Dolby Stereo SR

Royal Celebration

UK (TV) - 1993 - 90m - col

TV: BBC

D: Ferdinand Fairfax
Audio: Stereo

The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb

UK - 1993 - 60m - col

ICA (12)

D: Dave Borthwick

Sono otoko, kyobo ni tsuki

[see: Violent Cop]

The Tale of the Fox

Le roman de renard

(USA: The Story of the Fox)

France - 1930 - 65m - bw

BFI

D: Wladyslaw Starewicz

Tender Loving Care

UK (TV) - 1993 - 75m - col

TV: BBC

D: Dewi Humphreys
Audio: Stereo

Undercover Blues

USA - 1993 - 90m - col

UIP (15)

D: Herbert Ross
Dolby Stereo

Violent Cop

その男、凶暴につき

Japan - 1990 - 103m - col

ICA (18)

D: Takeshi Kitano

S&S: December 1993

Introduction for newcomers

Sight & Sound

December 1993

Vol. 3 No. 12

Aladdin

USA - 1992 - 90m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: John Musker, Ron Clements
Followed by: The Return of Jafar (1994), Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996).
Audio: 5.1

Amongst Friends

USA - 1993 - 87m - col

Rank (18)

D: Rob Weiss

Assassin of the Tsar

Цареубийца

Russia/UK - 1991 - 104m - col

Blue Dolphin (12)

D: Karen Shakhnazarov
Dolby Stereo

Benefit of the Doubt

USA/Germany - 1993 - 91m - col

Warner (18)

D: Jonathan Heap

Black Diamond Rush

USA - 1993 - 100m - col

Black Diamond (U)

D: Kurt Miller, Peter Speek

CB4

USA - 1993 - 89m - col

UIP (18)

D: Tamra Davis
Dolby Stereo SR

Closing Numbers

UK (TV) - 1993 - 91m - col

TV: Channel 4

D: Stephen Whittaker
Dolby Stereo

The Concierge
For Love or Money

USA - 1993 - 96m - col
UIP (PG)
D: Barry Sonnenfeld
Dolby Stereo

Demolition Man

USA - 1993 - 115m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Marco Brambilla
Dolby Stereo SR

A Foreign Field

UK (TV) - 1993 - 93m - col

TV: BBC

D: Charles Sturridge
Dolby Stereo

The Hawk

UK - 1992 - 86m - col

Feature Film Company (15)

D: David Hayman
Dolby Stereo SR

IP5

France - 1992 - 119m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Jean-Jacques Beineix
Dolby Stereo

The Man Without a Face

USA - 1993 - 115m - col

Entertainment (12)

D: Mel Gibson
Dolby Stereo

One Man’s War

UK (TV) - 1991 - 87m - col

TV: Channel 4

D: Sergio Toledo

Posse

USA - 1993 - 111m - col / scope

Rank (15)

D: Mario Van Peebles
Followed by: Los Locos (1997).
Audio: 5.1

The Remains of the Day

UK/USA - 1993 - 134m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (U)

D: James Ivory
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Roadside Prophets

USA - 1992 - 96m - col

Electric (15)

D: Abbe Wool
Dolby Stereo

Ruby in Paradise

USA - 1993 - 114m - col

Mainline (15)

D: Victor Nuñez
Dolby Stereo

Sam and Me

Canada (TV) - 1990 - 91m - col

TV: Channel 4

D: Deepa Mehta

Shuttlecock

UK/France (TV) - 1991 - 93m - col

TV: Channel 4

D: Andrew Piddington

The Stolen Children

Il ladro di bambini

Italy/France - 1992 - 114m - col

Mayfair (15)

D: Gianni Amelio

Wide Eyed and Legless

(aka: The Wedding Gift)

UK (TV) - 1993 - 90m - col

TV: BBC

D: Richard Loncraine
Dolby Stereo

S&S: November 1993

Introduction for newcomers

Hard Target

Sight & Sound

November 1993

Vol. 3 No. 11

L’accompagnatrice

(USA: The Accompanist)

France - 1992 - 111m - col

Gala (PG)

D: Claude Miller
Dolby Stereo

Atlantis

Fr - 1991 - 78m - col / scope

Warner (U)

D: Luc Besson
Dolby Stereo SR

Boiling Point

USA - 1993 - 92m - col

Guild (15)

D: James B. Harris
Dolby Stereo

The Cement Garden

UK/Germany/France - 1992 - 105m - col

Metro Tartan (18)

D: Andrew Birkin
Dolby Stereo

The Dark Half

USA - 1991 - 121m - col

Columbia TriStar (18)

D: George A. Romero
Dolby Stereo

Dave

USA - 1993 - 110m - col

Warner (12)

D: Ivan Reitman
Dolby Stereo SR

La fille de l’air

France - 1992 - 103m - col

Metro Tartan (15)

D: Maroun Bagdadi
Dolby Stereo

Hard Target

USA - 1993 - 97m - col

UIP (18)

D: John Woo
Followed by: Hard Target 2 (2016).
Audio: 5.1

Hocus Pocus

USA - 1993 - 96m - col

Buena Vista (PG)

D: Kenny Ortega
Audio: 5.1

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

USA - 1993 - 85m - col

Buena Vista (U)

D: Duwayne Durham
Followed by: Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996).
Dolby Stereo

In the Soup

USA - 1992 - 95m - col

Theatrical Experience

D: Alexandre Rockwell

The Lie

Mensonge

France - 1992 - 89m - col

Gala (15)

D: François Margolin

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

USA - 1992 - 165m - col

ICA

D: Peter Wintonick, Mark Achbar

Mr. Wonderful

USA - 1992 - 98m - col

Buena Vista (12)

D: Anthony Minghella
Dolby Stereo

Naked

UK - 1993 - 131m - col

First Independent (18)

D: Mike Leigh
Dolby Stereo

Once Upon a Forest

USA - 1992 - 71m - col

20th Century Fox (U)

D: Charles Grosvenor
Dolby Stereo SR

The Piano

Australia - 1993 - 120m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: Jane Campion
Audio: 5.1

The Real McCoy

USA - 1993 - 106m - col

Guild (12)

D: Russell Mulcahy
Dolby Stereo SR

The Secret Garden

USA - 1993 - 101m - col

Warner (U)

D: Agnieszka Holland
Dolby Stereo SR

So I Married an Axe Murderer

USA - 1993 - 92m - col

Warner (12) (cut)

D: Thomas Schlamme
Dolby Stereo SR

Three Colours: Blue

Trois couleurs: Bleu

(USA: Three Colors: Blue)

France - 1993 - 98m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Followed by: Three Colours: White (1993, Jun/1994), Three Colours: Red (1994, Nov/1994).
Dolby Stereo SR

True Romance

USA - 1993 - 119m - col / scope

Warner (18) (cut)

D: Tony Scott
Dolby Stereo SR