September Releases
Dateline: 09/17/99
If
you live in New York City or Los Angeles, you've got a great weekend of film
ahead of you: six exciting new independent/world movies are opening at a theater
near you. You get the smart and beautiful Sarah Polley in a lead role, plus
directors Alison Anders' and Greg Araki's unique takes on LA, two new tasty
romances from the French, and finally, a long awaited revival of a true classic.
The rest of us, living in the sticks, we'll have to wait patiently for these
new treats.
Caligula
Bob Guccione's 1979 Classic Film has been re-issued for it's thirtieth anniversary.
Starring acclaimed actors, Malcolm McDowell, Sir John Gielgud, Helen Mirren
and Peter O'Toole, Caligula is definitely not for the squeamish.
Guinevere
Starring one of my favorite actresses, Sarah Polley, this new Miramax release
is a May-September romance with an edge -- about a young woman with lots of
questions and an older man with a few too many answers. Directed by first timer
Audrey Wells.
Lucie Aubrac
Claude Berri's historical romance, based on a true story, is a tale of the resistance
movement in Nazi-occupied France.
Romance
Another French film to charm you (and arouse you?). Catherine Breillat's Romance
paints a provocative portrait of a young French woman, Marie, and her journey
to gain control of her life.
Splendor
Are you ready from a new film by Greg Araki, director of the controversial Doom
Generation and The Living End? Follow the story of Veronica, picket-fence-pretty
actress searching for a good man in Los Angeles.
Sugar Town
Allison Anders, beloved Sundance Veteran, is back with a new film. Rosanna Arquette
and Ally Sheedy star in Ander's comic digression about love, fame, sex, drugs,
and rock 'n' roll with a little insight on how to get ahead in LA.
