All Films

Super Real Mahjong: Kasumi Miki Shouko no Hajimemashite

1990 • 30 min • Japan

An anime based on characters from the strip mahjong arcade game "Super Real Mahjong 2".

Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women

1990 • 55 min • United States of America

Based on Ricky Jay's book of the same title, this TV special was made up of a combination of magic, juggling, amazing feats, stunts and performances, including a musical performance on wine glasses, a human calculator who could determine cube-routes of numbers in her head and an antique acrobatic clockwork doll.

Child of Rage: A Story of Abuse

1990 • 27 min • United States of America

Beth Thomas is a six year old girl suffering from reactive attachment disorder as a result of being sexually abused as a child. This documentary consists of interviews with Beth, followed by her treatment and partial recovery at a special center for kids.

Spider-Man: Don't Hide Abuse

1990 • 11 min

Spider-Man: Don’t Hide Abuse is a 1990 animated educational short film. In it, Spiderman explains how to deal with abuse.

An Audience with Jackie Mason

1990 • 50 min • United Kingdom

The great American comedian Jackie Mason entertains a celebrity audience including Bruce Forsyth, Barry Humphries, Henry Cooper and Michael Winner.

The Jungle Book

1990 • 37 min

A brief re-telling of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book.

A Passionate Heart

1990 • 60 min • Japan

Detective Ooki is investigating the murder of the head of the Shimoda clan, and the disappearance of his best friend, Detective Kobori. Miyata, the president of the Monma clan, who was in a war with the Shimoda clan, is arrested as a suspect, but he denies the charges. Just as the case seems to be going on for a long time, information comes to light that the Shimoda clan is smuggling drugs from Thailand, and that the boy who was carrying the drugs and Iijima, the dead leader of the clan, had a gay relationship. Furthermore, the fact that Kobori had been in contact with the boy comes to light. Ohki, who believes that the key to the case lies in Thailand, heads for Thailand.

Darkside

1990 • 30 min • United Kingdom

A group of friends find out that one of their group is a psychopathic killer.

Made in Hollywood

1990 • 57 min

A parable of the Hollywood image-making industry told through a pastiche of narrative cliches.

Adventures in the Skin Trade

1990 • 40 min

John Pitman meets a selection of women to ascertain their views on the wearing of coats made of fur.

Man Descending

1990 • 22 min • Canada

It's New Year's Eve. Ed is out of work, seeing himself as a man descending. He sees his wife Victoria as hopeful, still ascending.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

1990 • 30 min • United States of America

What a day Alexander is having. He's got gum stuck in his hair, he trips on his skateboard and he can't find his favorite glow-in-the-dark yo-yo. Things go from bad to worse in this charming animated musical based on the book by Judith Viorst.

Au coeur de Nikita

1990 • 25 min

A documentary that captures some moments on set of filming of Luc Besson's "Nikita".

Madchester: The Sound of the North

1990 • 53 min • United Kingdom

Exploring the 'Madchester' music phenomena of the late '80s and early '90s. The band Northside appears in interview, rehearsal, live in concert and even at work; Central Station Design in their studio creating something out of a pane of glass and loads of ephemera; Happy Mondays in Amsterdam; 808 State; and MC Tunes. Aired as part of Granada Television's Celebration arts strand.

Building 'Jacob's Ladder'

1990 • 26 min • United States of America

An overview of the making of the film Jacob's Ladder (1990).

Baseball in the '80s

1990 • 60 min • United States of America

A Sporting News video documentary on baseball during the 1980s, with highlights and storylines from the decade

Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave

1990 • 16 min • United States of America

Brakhage begins here with Carlsbad Caverns as a stand-in for Plato's Cave and then responds to the philosopher's notion of inaccessible ideal forms by seeking out imagery that evokes worlds we cannot see.

Bay Bridge: Yearning

1990 • 60 min • Japan

Takatori, the master of a snack bar in Yokohama, and Tony, an employee, are lovers. Every night after the store closes, the two drive across the Bay Bridge and make love to Takatori's luxury apartment. One evening, as they were crossing the Bay Bridge as usual, they saw a young man standing there looking lonely. Tony falls in love with him at first sight. That night, Takatori, who was extremely jealous, desperately sought Tony. Afterwards, Takatori goes out alone to prepare the store, and begins to take an interest in the young man he sees every day.

Step by Step

1990 • 58 min • Portugal

Nogueira, a man in his fifties, is a relic of times long past. While the youngsters at the school where he works as a caretaker still think the world is their oyster, Nogueira knows that, for him, most doors have long closed.

Passage Through: A Ritual

1990 • 49 min • United States of America

“[Passage Through] required the most exacting editing process ever; and in the course of that work it occurred to me that I’d originally made 'The Riddle of Lumen' hoping someone would make an ‘answering’ film and entertain my visual riddle in the manner of the riddling poets of yore. I most expected Hollis Frampton (because of 'Zorns Lemma') to pick up the challenge; but he never did. In some sense I think composer Corner has – and now we have this dance of riddles as music and film combine to make ‘passage,’ in every sense of the word, further possible.” –S.B.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

1990 • 52 min • United States of America

Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of the film.

Chikan densha: Chibusa ga yureru

1990 • 60 min • Japan

There were three people who occasionally met up at a downtown snack bar to drink and drink. However, today, unlike usual, one woman, Emi, was among the three. The three of them ask Emi a risqué question...in this entry of the "Groper Train" series.

Made in Milan

1990 • 27 min • United States of America, Italy

As he prepares for a show, fashion designer Giorgio Armani discusses his principles of fashion, his family history and the city of Milan.

TarZAN

1990 • 7 min • Japan

A Japanese urbanite who aspires to be a modern Tarzan, pays a visit to a country in Africa, in search of the thrill of the jungle and thus satisfies his yearning for a more raw and authentic way of life, thus realizing how the two worlds are alike.