Category: Year in Film
1994 in Film: Muriel and the arrival of Toni Collette
Australia is famous for many reasons. Our sun-kissed beaches are the envy of the world. We love Vegemite on toast, which continues to baffle most…
1994 in Film: Priscilla and the Original Drag Race
For the last decade, drag culture has almost become entirely mainstream, largely thanks to the glitz, glamour, and tea-spilling of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Which has…
1994 in Film: Shallow Grave
Shallow Grave is director Danny Boyle’s first feature film, and Ewan McGregor’s first major role. An intense psychological thriller with a side of black comedy,…
1994 in Film: Ed Wood
Ed Wood is a celebration of movies and outcasts. It’s a love letter to the golden age of schlocky movies, and the hopeless dreamers who…
1994 in Film: Little Women
Throughout the history of cinema, the story of the March Sisters has graced the big screen many times. With each edition having its own distinct…
1994 in Film: The Double Couleurs of Krzysztof Kieślowski with ‘White’ and ‘Red’
Blue may be the most popular of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Trois Couleurs trilogy, made during the renowned Polish filmmaker’s final years in France. But the following…
1994 in Film: Breaking the Exhilaration Limits with ‘Speed’
It’s exciting! It’s far fetched! It bends the rules of physics! It’s the 1994 classic bus-themed thriller, Speed. Directed by Jan de Bont and starring…
1994 in Film: The Mask
Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) is the embodiment of the “nice guy”. He goes out of his way for others, only to get the short end…
1994 in Film: Thumbelina
Thumbelina is one of the creations to come from the mind of well known animator Don Bluth… The film that is, the original story was…
1994 in Film: The Lion King, Memory and Self Actualisation
There’s a reason why the general census on Jon Favreau’s pointless 2019 revamp of the 1994 Disney animated classic was so derided. You cannot improve…
The Crow – 1994 in Film
It’s hard to remember a time before superhero movies were consistently juggernauts at the box office. The nineties saw the genre’s highest and lowest moments….
1994 in Film: The Teen TV Movie Series That Bridged Two Eras of French Cinema
When we think of auteur collaborative projects, bits of film pieced together from the finest filmmakers of the era sharing a common theme, we think…
1994 in Film: Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
The film opens with Ryu battling Sagat in a field during a thunderstorm. Watching them is a surveillance robot, tracking stats and recording the encounter. Ryu…
1994 in Film: Chungking Express
Wong Kar-wai is a true professional when it comes to presenting romance on the screen. Many reading this have seen, or hopefully are at least…
