MFB: February 1990

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

February 1990

Vol. 57 No. 673

3 Women in Love

Der Philosoph

W.Germany - 1988 - 83m - col

Mainline (18)

D: Rudolf Thome
Series: Das Mikroskop (1988).

American Stories

Histoires d’Amérique

France/Belgium - 1989 - 95m - col

Metro (PG)

D: Chantal Akerman

L’Atalante

France - 1934 - 89m - bw

The Film Society

D: Jean Vigo
Originally screened without a BBFC certificate, but passed in 1946 with cuts (all since restored) when submitted by Film Traders.
Also reviewed: Dec 1935.

The Birth
Piravi
പിറവി
India - 1988 - 110m - col
Contemporary
D: Shaji N. Karun

Blaze

USA - 1989 - 117m - col

Warner (15)

D: Ron Shelton
Dolby Stereo

Casualties of War

USA - 1989 - 113m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (18)

D: Brian De Palma
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Hamlet Goes Business

Hamlet liikemaailmassa

Finland - 1987 - 86m - bw

Electric

D: Aki Kaurismäki

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

USA - 1989 - 93m - col

Warner (U)

D: Joe Johnston
Followed by: Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992, Feb/1993), Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! (1996).
Dolby Stereo

The Kill-Off

USA - 1989 - 97m - col

Palace (18)

D: Maggie Greenwald

Let’s Get Lost

USA - 1988 - 120m - bw

Mainline (15)

D: Bruce Weber

Lock Up

USA - 1989 - 109m - col

Guild (18)

D: John Flynn / Dolby Stereo

Monkey Shines

USA - 1988 - 113m - col

Rank (18)

D: George A. Romero
Dolby Stereo SR

The Return of Swamp Thing

USA - 1989 - 87m - col

Medusa (12) (cut)

D: Jim Wynorski
Series: Swamp Thing (1982).
Ultra-Stereo

Rouge

Romero

USA - 1989 - 105m - col

Warner (15)

D: John Duigan
Dolby Stereo

Rooftops

USA - 1989 - 95m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Robert Wise
Dolby Stereo

Rouge

胭脂扣

Hong Kong - 1987 - 96m - col

ICA (15)

D: Stanley Kwan Kam-pang

Russicum

Russicum: I giorni del diavolo

(USA: The Third Solution)

Italy - 1987 - 112m - col / scope

Columbia TriStar (15)

D: Pasquale Squitieri
Dolby Stereo

Steel Magnolias

USA - 1989 - 117m - col

Columbia TriStar (PG)

D: Herbert Ross
Dolby Stereo

Uncle Buck

USA - 1989 - 100m - col

UIP (12)

D: John Hughes
Dolby Stereo

Winter People

USA - 1988 - 111m - col / scope

Rank (15)

D: Ted Kotcheff
Dolby Stereo SR

Yanzhi kou

[see: Rouge]