16 Feb 1994 Director: Simon Callow USA 1990 101 min Miss Amelia is the eccentric owner of a rundown store in the Great Depression. Purporting to be her cousin, Lymon, a hunchback dwarf, arrives one day and proceeds to bewitch Miss Amelia. He helps transform the store by turning it into a cafe. But things… Continue reading The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe
Category: Film Season 1993-1994
Peter’s Friends
2 Mar 1994 Director: Kenneth Branagh UK 1992 102 min A refreshing British comedy with a cast that is a Who’s Who of the new generation of British comics (Fry, Laurie, Slattery). Peter invites his old university friends to a New Year Party. In the ten years since their days in Cambridge Footlights there’s a… Continue reading Peter’s Friends
Proof
16 Mar 1994 Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse Australia 1991 90 min Martin, a blind photographer, befriends kitchen hand Andy and asks him to describe photos he has taken, but never seen. But his young housekeeper Celia, who is secretly in love with Martin, seduces Andy thereby forcing him to lie. Moorhouse’s striking first film provides an… Continue reading Proof