Showing posts with label raise the red lantern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label raise the red lantern. Show all posts

Friday, January 6, 2023

my top 10 films of 1992 (as of now)


After going through all (most of) the films released throughout 1992 with Meep on the Retro Movie Love Podcast, I pulled together a Top 10 list! 





10.


THE BEST INTENTIONS








9.


LONG DAY CLOSES







8.


THE CRYING GAME







7.


JUICE






6.


MALCOLM X






5.


HUSBANDS AND WIVES






4.


HOWARDS END








3.


RAISE THE RED LANTERN








2.


AMERICAN DREAM







1.


THE PLAYER









Other faves (in rough order of preference):


Singles, Toto Les Heroes, Basic Instinct, Deep Cover, Mississippi Masala, Delicatessen, This is My Life, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Where Angels Fear to Tread, Candyman, One False Move, The Public Eye, A League of Their Own, A River Runs Through It, Sneakers, Wayne's World, The Living End, My Cousin Vinny, Boomerang, Glengarry Glen Ross, Reservoir Dogs, The Mambo Kings, Under Suspicion, A Woman's Tale, White Men Can't Jump, Paper Mask, Final Analysis, Roadside Prophets, Sister Act, Last of the Mohicans, Unforgiven, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Raising Cain, American Me, Thunderheart, Night on Earth, South Central, Of Mice and Men, Straight Talk, Kuffs, Housesitter


-Jeffery Berg



Retro Movie Love Podcast 1992 Episode links:


January, February 1992

March, April 1992

May, June 1992

July, August, September 1992

October, November, December 1992


Wednesday, May 4, 2022

retro movie love podcast: the films of march & april 1992



My dive into 1992 films continued with Meep (Michael Ferrari) on his Retro Movie Love Podcast!




It's sometimes a challenge to remember everything when discussing so many movies! Especially some pretty, detailed, complex ones (like the amazing films Deep Cover, The Player, Howards End and Raise the Red Lantern).




Different trends emerged... Indie desert movies! Road movies! And a mishmash of sports movies (Gladiator, The Cutting Edge, Ladybugs (!), The Babe,  and White Men Can't Jump).




Many of these films faltered, an inconsistent time for box office in Spring of '92, but some soared (like the still iconic Basic Instinct). But nonetheless all--hit or miss--high or low, in the words of a hit 1991 song, gave us something to talk about.