The Juniper Tree (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. Based on a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, The Juniper Tree, shot in Iceland, was the feature film debut for its star Björk and director Nietzchka Keene.
Category: Films from the 1990’s
The Grifters (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. Dark and disturbing was Jim Thompson’s trademark. He often wrote about grifters, losers, and psychopaths in order to express his nihilistic point of view.
Korczak (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. The true story of Janusz Korczak who tried to protect 200 Jewish orphans from the horrors of life in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII. The film had a profound influence on Steven Spielberg which is evident in SCHINDLER’S LIST.
Freeze – Die – Come to Life (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. Set in a bleak Siberian industrial wasteland in 1947, this tale of a harrowing childhood is worth seeing for the stark B&W cinematography alone.
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. Bruce Joel Rubin spent two years in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery before writing the screenplay and considers it a modern interpretation of the TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD.
Flashback (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. Despite an excellent performance from Dennis Hopper, the film is only a little better than most 80’s pop cinema.
