Category: Year in Film
Rewind: 1993 in Film – When a Stranger Calls Back
For decades, horror sequels have provided the scarred heroines of the original films a platform to channel their trauma in order to guide others. By…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: The Piano, 1993
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. The Piano, 1993 Palme d’Or – Jane Campion…
Rewind: 1993 – Cool Runnings: A Loveable Underdog Story
Feel the rhythm, feel the ride, get on up… it’s Cool Runnings time! Jon Turteltaub’s 1993 film tells a fictionalised version of the true events…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: Cronos, 1993
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. Cronos, 1993 Mercedes-Benz Award – Guillermo del Toro…
Rewind : 1993 in Film – Three Colors: Blue
Suspended in our minds when we start Three Colors : Blue is the image of a fluorescent blue candy wrapper which is clutched in a…
Rewind: 1993 in Film – Philadelphia
“The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels. We know their names. They number the thousands for each red ribbon we wear tonight.” Arriving…
Rewind: 1993 in Film – The Age of Innocence
“They all lived in a kind of hieroglyphics world. The real thing was never said or done or even thought; but, only represented by a…
Rewind: 1993 in Film – "Dinosaurs… Eat man. Woman Inherits the Earth" – Jurassic Park
Although it may not seem obvious, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park is arguably a feminist film. From the off, one of the strongest themes is ‘man…
10 Funky Films from 1993 You Haven't Seen – But Can Right Now!
I’m sure you feel you have exhausted your 1993 movie watchlist long before now. Jurassic Park. Seen it a hundred times. Groundhog Day. Over and…
Rewind: 1993 – Groundhog Day, the Comedy of Trial and Errors
What would you do if you were stuck in one place and everything you did was exactly the same, and nothing you did really mattered?…
Rewind: 1993 in Film – The Nightmare Before Christmas
‘Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems, In a place that perhaps you’ve seen in your dreams. For the story that you…
Filmotomy Podcast 68: Rewinding to 1993 in Film
In the midst of out ten days of rewinding back to the film year of 1993, Robin is joined by two old friends. From Screen…
Rewind: 1993 – What’s Eating Gilbert Grape: A Predictable, yet Compassionate Parable about Human Suffering
In one of the most telling scenes of What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Gilbert (Johnny Depp), when asked about what he wants in life, answers, ‘”I…
Rewind: 1993 in Film – A Bronx Tale: the Importance of Fatherhood
When local gangster, Sonny (Chazz Palminteri) befriends his son, Calogero (Lillo Brancato), Lorenzo (De Niro) tries to shield him from the dangers this could cause….