Cinemax Vanguard Cinema 1992 - 1997
Cinemax showcased critically acclaimed independent, new wave, documentary, and foreign films under its Vanguard banner. The films were sourced from film festivals around the world and many had limited distribution. From 1992 to 1997, Cinemax had a dedicated weekly time slot for Vanguard. Friday Vanguard aired from 1992-1993, and Wednesday Vanguard from 1993-1997.
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- DirectorDenys ArcandStarsLothaire BluteauCatherine WilkeningJohanne-Marie TremblayA group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.Friday Vanguard air date:
January 3, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Jesus of Montreal ★★★ (1989)
Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening.
Star of play ironically fits the part. 'R' Adult situations, language, violence. (120 minutes) MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V]
Film festivals:
Cannes Film Festival;
Seattle International Film Festival;
Toronto International Film Festival - DirectorJohn FeldmanStarsAnnabelle LarsenRoger KablerMary McLainThree young New Yorkers decide to travel South for a few days away from the Big Apple. They pick up a beautiful, mysterious young sightless woman with a strange and unsettling past. All three are captivated and fascinated by her, but can she be trusted?Friday Vanguard air date:
January 10, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Alligator Eyes ★★ (1990)
Annabelle Larson, Roger Kabler.
Two men and woman pick up blind hitchhiker with her own agenda. 'R' Adult situations, language, nudity, violence. (101 minutes) MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V]
Film Festivals:
San Sebastian International Film Festival - DirectorJerry SchatzbergStarsJason RobardsChristien AnholtSamuel WestTwo young boys from very different backgrounds become friends in 1933 Stuttgart. However, they don't realize how different they are until much later as one is the son of a well-to-do Jewish doctor and the other the son of a German aristocrat. After that summer and the election of Hitler, things change as anti-semitism gains fervor. After the core of the film deals with that era, the film flashes to the present and the Jewish man now returns to his boyhood home and seeks his old friend with some surprises.Friday Vanguard air date:
January 17, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Reunion ★★ (1989)
Jason Robards, Christian Anholt.
Jewish man recalls himself and friend amid Nazis in 1933. 'PG-13' Adult situations, violence. (110 minutes) MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V]
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Cannes Film Festival - DirectorRobert MulliganStarsWhoopi GoldbergMichael OntkeanKathleen QuinlanA Jamaican woman becomes the housekeeper for a rich Baltimore family and bonds with a disillusioned teenage boy.Friday Vanguard air date:
January 24, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Clara's Heart ★ (1988)
Whoopi Goldberg as a nanny helping her prep-school charge (Neil Patrick Harris) through trying times. (108 minutes) 'PG-13' Adult situations, language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorStephen FrearsStarsAnjelica HustonJohn CusackAnnette BeningA small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.Friday Vanguard air date:
January 31, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Grifters ★★★ (1990)
John Cusack, Anjelica Huston.
No-win triangle of con man, mother and girlfriend. 'R' Adult situations, language, nudity, violence. (110 minutes) MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V]
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Toronto Festival of Festivals - DirectorMalcolm MowbrayStarsSteve GuttenbergJami GertzShelley LongCartoonist Gus has survived cancer treatment and now his romance novelist sister tries to find him a woman and guide him. Will they succeed?Friday Vanguard air date:
February 7, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Aired under original title: Don't Tell Her It's Me)
TV listing:
Don't Tell Her It's Me ★ (1990)
Steve Guttenberg, Jami Gertz.
A total makeover transforms a cartoonist into a stud so he can woo his dream date. 'PG-13' Adult situations, language. (102 minutes) MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorPavel LunginStarsPyotr MamonovPyotr ZaychenkoVladimir KashpurA comedic love/hate relationship develops between a dour taxi driver and a hapless aspiring musician after the latter stiffs his cab fare.Friday Vanguard air date:
February 14, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Taxi Blues ★★★ (1990)
Tale of the unlikely friendship between a brutish Moscow cabbie (Pyotr Zaitchenko) and a free-spirited musician (Pyotr Mamonov). (110 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V]
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Cannes Film Festival - DirectorKen LoachStarsFrances McDormandMaurice RoëvesRobert PattersonWhen an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.Friday Vanguard air date:
February 21, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Hidden Agenda ★★★ (1990)
Frances McDormand, Brian Cox.
U.S. activist and British sleuth probe Belfast slayings. 'R' Adult situations, violence. (108 minutes) MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V]
Film festival
Cannes Film Festival - DirectorPhillip BadgerStarsTerry O'QuinnKristy McNicholBlair ParkerA recently widowed writer moves into a Victorian house that is supposedly haunted. Although he is attracted to his pretty next-door neighbor, he finds himself being seduced by the spirit of a woman who had been murdered in his house 100 years previously.Friday Vanguard air date:
February 28, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Forgotten One ★★ (1990)
Terry O’Quinn, Kristy McNichol.
Writer sees ghostly beauty; so does his girlfriend. 'R' Language, nudity, violence. (98 minutes) MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorJohn BradshawStarsCasey SiemaszkoLeslie HopeLouis FerreiraA pair of aspiring mystery novelists, knowing next to nothing about crime, decide to live out their adventures, and gets in way over their heads, meeting a femme fatale not making their world easier.Friday Vanguard air date:
March 6, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Big Slice ★★ (1991)
Casey Siemaszko, Leslie Hope.
Two would-be writers see crime from both sides. (85 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorMichael KeuschStarsFelicity WatermanChris LemmonNick MancusoA woman gets caught up in a smuggling case when her luggage is accidentally switched with an identical case.Friday Vanguard air date:
March 13, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Lena's Holiday ★★ (1991)
Felicity Waterman, Chris Lemmon.
Young East German has wild trip to Los Angeles. (97 minutes) 'PG-13' Language, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorJames IvoryStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardSaundra McClainSet during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.Friday Vanguard air date:
March 20, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Mr. & Mrs. Bridge ★★★ (1990)
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward.
Rich lawyer, his wife and their children grow apart in the WW II era. (125 minutes) 'PG-13' Adult situations, language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe PesciThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.Friday Vanguard air date:
March 27, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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GoodFellas ★★★★ (1990)
Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta.
Irish-ltalian hood joins 1950s New York Mafia for life. (146 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorNat ChristianStarsJerry OrbachAudrey LandersTyrone Power Jr.Stagehand at a nightclub falls for one of the performers. He wins her heart after taking lessons on suavity from a gigolo "count".Friday Vanguard air date:
April 3, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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California Casanova ★ (1991)
Jerry Orbach, Audrey Landers.
A young man learns how to woo women from an expert. (94 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorMario OrfiniStarsTrudie StylerGregg HenryBill MoseleyGene, a clever but seriously deranged computer-game designer, has been left by his wife Eva. Unable to win her back, he decides to take revenge by locking Eva in her new apartment, inside which he has released a deadly mamba snake.Friday Vanguard air date:
June 19, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Fair Game ★★ (1991)
Gregg Henry. Trudie Styler.
Man traps artist wife with mamba, then watches. (82 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorWayne CoeStarsJames Earl JonesBrad DourifWill Hare"Grim Prairie Tales" is a 1990 horror anthology movie where a cynical bounty hunter and a clerk traveling through the prairie rest by the campfire telling four stories of terror to each other.Friday Vanguard air date:
June 26, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Grim Prairie Tales ★★ (1990)
James Earl Jones, Brad Dourif.
Bounty hunter and clerk tell tales around campfire. (86 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsNatasha RichardsonFaye DunawayAidan QuinnUnder a dystopian religious tyranny, most women cannot conceive children. Those young women who can live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families.Friday Vanguard air date:
July 3, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Handmaid’s Tale ★★ (1990)
Natasha Richardson, Robert Duvall.
Young woman forced to breed for couple In future world. (109 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorBradley BattersbyStarsD.B. SweeneyCourteney CoxCraig ShefferTwo men rattle a comic-book artist who has moved to a desert town after her trauma in New York.Friday Vanguard air date:
July 10, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Blue Desert ★★ (1991)
Courteney Cox, D.B. Sweeney.
Two men rattle comic-book artist in desert town. (96 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. [V] - DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsPaul McGannAmanda DonohoeFrederick TrevesA lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade.Friday Vanguard air date:
October 9, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Paper Mask ★★★ (1990)
Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe.
Young Briton poses as emergency-room doctor; nurse knows. (105 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 313996 [V] - DirectorNat ChristianStarsBurt YoungAllen GarfieldJudy LandersA gangster's girlfriend is framed and sent to a minimum-security prison.Friday Vanguard air date:
October 16, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Club Fed ★ (1991)
Burt Young, Judy Landers.
High jinks inside a prison. (93 minutes) 'PG- 13' Adult situations, language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 874697 [V] - DirectorJohn SaylesStarsVincent SpanoTony Lo BiancoStephen MendilloAn intersecting tale with a multitude of characters living lives which, in one way or another, revolve around an old apartment block scheduled to be demolished.Friday Vanguard air date:
November 6, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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City of Hope ★★★ (1991)
Vincent Spano, Joe Morton. Developer's son and councilman, two in a corrupt city. (130 minutes) 'R' Language, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 957524 [V] - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsRichard LinklaterRudy BasquezJean CaffeineA day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.Friday Vanguard air date:
November 13, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Slacker ★★★ (1990)
Actors portray varieties of a type: the new bohemian. (100 minutes) 'R' Language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 176665 [V] - DirectorYves RobertStarsPhilippe CaubèreNathalie RousselDidier PainAt the end of the nineteenth century, little Marcel lives with his parents in the Provence countryside. During his holiday, Marcel meets Lili, a local boy who knows all the secrets of the hills, and the two become fast friends.Friday Vanguard air date:
November 20, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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My Father’s Glory ★★★ (1990)
Philippe Caubere, Nathalie Roussel.
French boy summers with family in the country. (109 minutes) 'G' MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 436643 [V] - DirectorDon BoydStarsPatsy KensitJack ShepherdPatrick RyecartKatie is a free spirited independently minded 21-year-old girl. The film follows her as she reflects on the men in her life. Along the way we meet her drug addict boyfriend Bobby, her lover Jack, close friend Baldy, and her father.Friday Vanguard air date:
November 27, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Twenty-One ★★ (1991)
Patsy Kensit, Jack Shepherd.
Sassy London flirt moves to New York. (101 minutes) ’R’ Adult situations, language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 712669 [V] - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPeter WellerJudy DavisIan HolmAfter developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.Friday Vanguard air date:
December 4, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Naked Lunch ★★★ (1991)
Peter Weller.
Bug killer hallucinates, kills wife, becomes writer. (116 minutes) ‘R’ Adult situations, language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 356839 [V] - DirectorMike LeighStarsAlison SteadmanJim BroadbentClaire SkinnerA shop assistant, her cook husband, and their twin daughters go about their lives in a working-class London suburb.Friday Vanguard air date:
December 11, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Life Is Sweet ★★★ (1990)
Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent.
English housewife props her husband, twin teens and friend. (103 minutes) ‘R’ Language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 202430 [V] - DirectorAdam RifkinStarsJudd NelsonBill PaxtonWayne NewtonGarbage man Marty tries his hand at standup comedy and fails miserably until he adds the third arm to his act that mysteriously grew out of his back.Friday Vanguard air date:
December 18, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Dark Backward ★ (1991)
Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton.
A stand-up comic gets ahead in show biz when he grows a third arm. (104 minutes) ‘R’ Language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 552031 [V] - DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsSolomon PerelMarco HofschneiderRené HofschneiderA boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.Friday Vanguard air date:
December 25, 1992 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Europa Europa ★★★ (1991)
Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy.
Jewish teen poses as Aryan to escape Holocaust. (115 minutes) ‘R’ Nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 826212 [V] - DirectorJim SheridanStarsRichard HarrisJohn HurtSean BeanWhen a field (which has been farmed by the McCabe family for generations) goes up for auction, the patriarch of the McCabe family will stop at nothing to prevent a rich American from buying it.Friday Vanguard air date:
January 1, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Field ★★★ (1990)
Richard Harris, John Hurt.
1930s Irish farmer's landlady says his field's for sale. (113 minutes) 'PG-13' Language, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. - DirectorLizzie BordenStarsLouise SmithEllen McElduffAmanda GoodwinA day in the life of several prostitutes in an upscale Manhattan whore house. The film is a stark portrayal of the women prostitutes, the male customers and the motivations of both. Watch as the madam manipulates her "girls". Watch as she answers the phone by saying "Hello John, what's new and different?" Watch as the "johns" try to manipulate the "girls". Part nudie exploitation, part sociological thesis.Friday Vanguard air date:
January 8, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Also aired September 3, 1993)
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Working Girls ★★★ (1986)
Louise Smith, Amanda Goodwin.
Women work for yuppie madam in N.Y. brothel, then go home. (93 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 243934 [V] - DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsLothaire BluteauAden YoungSandrine HoltIn the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.Friday Vanguard air date:
January 15, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Also aired March 30, 1994)
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Black Robe ★★★ (1991)
Lothaire Bluteau. Aden Young.
French Jesuit journeys among Indians in 1800s Quebec. (102 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 144405 [V] - DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.Friday Vanguard air date:
January 22, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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35 Up ★★★ (1991)
Filmmaker Michael Apted's study of Britain's class system, updated. (122 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 5117356 - DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsJuliet StevensonAlan RickmanJenny HoweA woman dealing with inconsolable grief over the death of her partner gets another chance when he returns to earth as a ghost.Friday Vanguard air date:
January 29, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Truly, Madly, Deeply ★★ (1991)
Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman.
London pianist's cellist partner returns as loving ghost. (107 minutes) 'PG' Adult situations. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 4606436 [V] - DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter SteegeRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.Friday Vanguard air date:
February 5, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Also aired July 23, 1993; and June 8, 1994)
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The Vanishing ★★★ (1988)
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets.
Dutchman goes with girlfriend's kidnapper to learn her fate. (107 minutes) 'NR' MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 458650 [V] - DirectorSean PennStarsDavid MorseViggo MortensenValeria GolinoA Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold.Friday Vanguard air date:
February 12, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Indian Runner ★★★ (1991)
David Morse, Viggo Mortensen.
Late-1960s tragedy of policeman and his veteran brother. (126 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 992251 [V] - DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsSam ShepardJulie DelpyBarbara SukowaApril 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico. He learns that he became a dad in 1938. He takes a ship from NYC to France and meets cute, young Sabeth. Fate?Friday Vanguard air date:
February 19, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Voyager ★★★ (1991)
Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy.
Man meets young woman on his strange 1950s journey. (114 minutes) 'PG-13'Adult situations. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 372600 [V] - DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsPeter FalkFred DraperAlthough wife and mother Mabel is loved by her husband Nick, her mental illness places a strain on the marriage.Friday Vanguard air date:
February 26, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central.
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A Woman Under the Influence ★★★ (1974)
Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk.
Working man's wife goes from quirky to mad. (147 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 325607 [V] - DirectorBeeban KidronStarsSaskia ReevesImelda StauntonPatricia LeventonPlain Jane Hartman hates her life. She's goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris Murdoch novels out loud to her loopy boyfriend. Her oldest friend Antonia McGill knows about everything. She orders the right food; she can complain and get results. She's beautiful and has a brilliant career. Is it any wonder that they hate each other's guts?Friday Vanguard air date:
March 5, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(British TV movie originally airing on Screenplay, BBC2: July 18, 1990)
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Antonia & Jane ★★★ (1991)
Saskia Reeves, Imelda Stauton.
Two Englishwomen tell their therapist everything. (75 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 699178 [V] - DirectorMichael RadfordStarsSarah MilesJoss AcklandJohn HurtIn 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness and excess, but soon find themselves in a troubling situation.Friday Vanguard air date:
March 12, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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White Mischief ★★★ (1987)
Joss Ackland, Greta Scacchi.
Titled Briton’s bride has affair in 1940s Nairobi. (108 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 918299 [V] - DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsIrène JacobWladyslaw KowalskiHalina GryglaszewskaTwo parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.Friday Vanguard air date:
March 19, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Double Life of Veronique ★★★ (1991)
Irene Jacob, Philippe Volter.
Two singers, Polish and French, have same name and face. (96 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 8896703 [V] - DirectorJennie LivingstonStarsBrooke XtravaganzaAndré ChristianDorian CoreyA chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.Friday Vanguard air date:
March 26, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Paris Is Burning ★★★ (1990)
About gay-men posing contests, or "voguing,” in New York. (76 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 498220 [V] - DirectorGail SingerStarsJoAnne AstrowJoy BeharMaria CallousFriday Vanguard air date:
April 2, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Wisecracks ★★★ (1991)
Phyllis Diller, Paula Poundstone and other women comics. (90 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 809918 - DirectorJocelyn MoorhouseStarsHugo WeavingGeneviève PicotRussell CroweThe life of a blind photographer who is looked after by a housekeeper is disrupted by the arrival of an agreeable restaurant worker.Friday Vanguard air date:
April 9, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Proof ★★★ (1991)
Hugo Weaving, Genevieve Picot.
Australian triangle of blind man, woman and other man. (90 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 361915 [V] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsVictoria AbrilMarisa ParedesMiguel BoséA singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.Friday Vanguard air date:
April 16, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Also aired August 13, 1993)
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High Heels ★★ (1991)
Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes.
Farce of Spanish actress, her daughter, murder. (112 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 247177 [V] - DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsJohn GielgudMichael ClarkMichel BlancThe magician Prospero attempts to stop his daughter's affair with an enemy.Friday Vanguard air date:
April 23, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Prospero's Books (British-French; 1991)
R: Nudity. Writer-director Peter Greenway’s phantasmagorical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest." John Gielgud, Michael Clark.
(2:05 ★★★) —Fri. 8 PM (MAX) - DirectorClaude BerriStarsPhilippe NoiretGérard DepardieuMichel BlancAfter World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.Friday Vanguard air date:
April 30, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Uranus ★★★ (1991)
Gerard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret.
Factions fight, left and right, in post-WWII French town. (100 minutes) 'R' Language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 1586537 [V] - DirectorBarbara KoppleCathy CaplanThomas HanekeStarsLewie AndersonR.J. BergstromRon BergstromRecounts the 1985-86 strike against the Hormel Foods Corporation in Minnesota after its employees' wages and benefits were cut.Friday Vanguard air date:
May 7, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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American Dream ★★★
(1990) Filmmaker Barbara Kopple studies mid-1980s Hormel plant strike. (100 minutes) 'PG-13' Language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 2587649 [V] - DirectorBrigitte RoüanStarsNicole GarciaMarianne BaslerBrigitte RoüanIn French Algeria, after WWII, three daughters of wealthy settlers begin their adult lives. Zon marries an often absent sailor. Malene's husband, Gildas, refuses to work in the farm, so she has to take care of everything. Gritte, the youngest, does not want to marry and is a nurse for the natives. We will follow their three different destinies.Friday Vanguard air date:
May 14, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Overseas ★★ (1990)
Nicole Garcia.
French sisters go through war in Algeria. (98 minutes) 'NR' MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 2316153 [V] - DirectorJacques FanstenStarsSylvain CopansNicolas ParodiOlivier MontiegeSuddenly, Martin's behaviour changes radically. He doesn't talk or laugh any more. His schoolfellows discover, that his mother died some days ago. Now he is frightened of being sent to orphanage. His schoolfellows help him to push up the situation ...Friday Vanguard air date:
May 21, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Aired under English title: Cross My Heart)
TV listing:
Cross My Heart ★★★ (1990)
Sylvain Copans, Nicolas Parodi.
French boy's chums help him hide mother's death. (105 minutes) 'NR' Language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 577315 - DirectorJim JarmuschStarsWinona RyderGena RowlandsLisanne FalkAn anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.Friday Vanguard air date:
May 28, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Night on Earth ★★★ (1991)
Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands.
Five encounters in five taxis in five global cities. (130 minutes) 'R' Language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 4458770 [V] - DirectorWendell B. Harris Jr.StarsTimothy AlvaroRenauld BailleuxWilliam BallengerDetroiter William Douglas Street poses as a Harvard doctor, Time reporter, African exchange student.Friday Vanguard air date:
June 4, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Chameleon Street ★★ (1989)
Wendell B. Harris Jr., Angela Leslie.
The story of Detroit impostor William Douglas Street. (96 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 925162 [V] - DirectorPaul SchraderStarsChristopher WalkenRupert EverettNatasha RichardsonA couple retreat to Venice to work on their relationship, but an encounter with a stranger leads them into a world of intrigue - where their darkest desires are in reach.Friday Vanguard air date:
June 11, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Comfort of Strangers ★ (1990)
Harold Pinter's screenplay about a mystery man (Christopher Walken) who befriends young lovers (Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson) in Venice. (107 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 5402324 [V] - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsGong LiJingwu MaSaifei HeChina in the 1920s. After her father's death, Songlian is forced to marry the wealthy Master Chen. With three wives already, each living in a separate house, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.Friday Vanguard air date:
June 18, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Raise the Red Lantern ★★★★ (1991)
Gong Li, Ma Jingwu.
Educated girl is nobleman’s new wife in 1920s China. (125 minutes) 'PG' MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 1163050 [V] - DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJeremy IronsTheresa RussellJoel GreyKafka works during the day at an insurance company, where events lead him to discover a mysterious underground society with strange suppressive goals.Friday Vanguard air date:
June 25, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Kafka ★★★ (1991) [B/W]
Jeremy Irons, Theresa Russell.
Clerk goes to dark castle to solve mystery, c.1919 Prague. (98 minutes) 'PG-13' Adult situations. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 5077632 [V] - DirectorDaniel VigneStarsGérard DepardieuNathalie BayeMaurice BarrierIn medieval France, some villagers challenge a man's claim of identity when he (as he says) returns home from some time in the army.Friday Vanguard air date:
July 2, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Return of Martin Guerre ★★★ (1982)
Gerard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye.
1500s Frenchwoman suspects man in bed's not her husband. (111 minutes) 'NR' Language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 241579 [V] - DirectorJean-Charles TacchellaStarsMarie-Christine BarraultVictor LanouxMarie-France PisierTwo distant cousins meet at a wedding banquet for an elderly couple. Over time, a close friendship develops between them, but their spouses begin to think that they are more than just friends.Friday Vanguard air date:
July 9, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Cousin, Cousine ★★★ (1975)
Marie-Christine Barrault, Victor Lanoux.
Two distant French cousins meet, have affair. (96 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 4389199 [V] - DirectorColine SerreauStarsRoland GiraudMichel BoujenahAndré DussollierJacques, Pierre, and Michel are three adult friends who enjoy single life until they find themselves stuck with a baby.Friday Vanguard air date:
July 16, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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3 Men and a Cradle ★★★ (1985)
Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah.
Three Paris bachelors stuck with a baby. (106 minutes) 'PG-13' Adult situations, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 4118603 [V] - DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter SteegeRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.Vanguard Cinema air date:
July 23, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Also aired February 5, 1993; and June 8, 1994)
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The Vanishing ★★★ (1988)
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets.
Dutchman goes with girlfriend’s kidnapper to learn her fate. (107 minutes) 'NR' Language, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 4881507 [V] - DirectorLuc BessonStarsAnne ParillaudMarc DuretPatrick FontanaConvicted felon Nikita isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.Friday Vanguard air date:
July 30, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Aired under title: La Femme Nikita)
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La Femme Nikita ★★★ (1990)
Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade.
French agent turns drug punk into code-cued hit woman. (117 minutes) 'R' Language, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 152479 [V] - DirectorMarc CaroJean-Pierre JeunetStarsMarie-Laure DougnacDominique PinonPascal BenezechPost-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.Friday Vanguard air date:
August 6, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Delicatessen ★★★ (1991)
Dominique Pinon, Marie- Laure Dougnac.
Future underground vs. black- market cannibal butcher. (117 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 576631 [V] - DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsVictoria AbrilMarisa ParedesMiguel BoséA singer returns after 15 years abroad to perform in Madrid and finds her 27 y.o. daughter married to one of her mom's ex-lovers.Friday Vanguard air date:
August 13, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Also aired April 16, 1993)
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High Heels ★★ (1991)
Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes.
Farce of Spanish actress, her daughter, murder. (114 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 670481 [V] - DirectorHarrod BlankStarsChuck AlstonTheo AlthuiszesDoc AtomicA documentary spotlighting "car-art" in America.Friday Vanguard air date:
August 20, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Wild Wheels ★★★ (1992)
Zanily decorated cars and their owners. (65 minutes) 'NR' Language, violence. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 5573551 - DirectorAmos PoeStarsEric MitchellDaisy HallAlba ClementeThe Levys, a glamorous couple, used to make their living robbing golfers, until they met their fatal handicap. Years later, scriptwriter Remy Gravelle decides to observe the Levy progeny as they sail endlessly round Manhattan in their luxury yacht.Friday Vanguard air date:
August 27, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Triple Bogey on a Par 5 Hole ★★ (1991) [B/W]
Eric Mitchell, Daisy Hall.
Screenwriter asks yachters about their slain parents. (87 minutes) 'NR' MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 594089 - DirectorLizzie BordenStarsLouise SmithEllen McElduffAmanda GoodwinA day in the life of several prostitutes in an upscale Manhattan whore house. The film is a stark portrayal of the women prostitutes, the male customers and the motivations of both. Watch as the madam manipulates her "girls". Watch as she answers the phone by saying "Hello John, what's new and different?" Watch as the "johns" try to manipulate the "girls". Part nudie exploitation, part sociological thesis.Friday Vanguard air date:Vanguard Cinema air date:
September 3, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Also aired January 8, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central)
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Working Girls ★★★ (1986)
Louise Smith, Amanda Goodwin.
Women work for yuppie madam in N.Y. brothel, then go home. (93 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 928628 [V] - DirectorPupi AvatiStarsLucrezia Lante della RovereDavide BechiniFelice AndreasiAt a farmhouse, a large family cooks mountains of food for the next day's engagement party for Silvia and her city fiancé, Angelo. Her parents feud about infidelity; an aging salesman who rents a cottage from them arrives with a young French woman; in Bologna, Angelo's mother frets that her son is marrying beneath him; his sisters are less critical. Early the next morning, the four of them go by train to the farmhouse, joined by Angelo's married, unpregnant sister. The day-long dinner is riotous, couples display affection and impatience, children chase angels. Angelo's family stays the night, and his sister Linda has a visitor. A silver elephant makes the perfect gift.Friday Vanguard air date:
September 10, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Story of Boys and Girls ★★★ (1989) [B/W]
Davide Benchini, Lucrezia Lante della Rovere.
Folks loosen up at wedding feast in 1936 Italy. (92 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 370294 [V] - DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsDiego AbatantuonoClaudio BigagliGiuseppe CedernaIn WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.Friday Vanguard air date:
September 17, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Mediterraneo ★★★ (1991)
Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Blgagli.
Italian soldiers sit out WWII on Greek isle with women. (90 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 844036 [V] - DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsJane MarchTony Ka Fai LeungJeanne MoreauIn 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other.Friday Vanguard air date:
October 1, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Lover ★★ (1992)
Jane March, Tony Leung.
French teen has affair with Chinese man in 1920s Vietnam. (115 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, nudity. MAX Fri. 7 p.m. 143352 [V] - DirectorAndrew BeharStarsRichard OsterweilWednesday Vanguard air date:
October 6, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Painting the Town ★★ (1992)
Profiles N.Y. artist/party crasher Richard Osterweil. (80 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language, nudity. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 121506 - DirectorBarbara TrentStarsElizabeth MontgomeryCarlos CantúDiviana IngravalloA film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
October 13, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Panama Deception ★★★ (1992)
Manuel Noriega, the CIA, history and the 1989 invasion. (91 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 503313 - DirectorJaco Van DormaelStarsMichel BouquetMireille PerrierJo De BackerThomas believed he was switched at birth with Alfred. Feeling cheated, Thomas spent his life plotting revenge against Alfred, his perceived lifelong adversary who he felt stole the privileged life that should have been his.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
October 20, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Aired under title: Toto Le Heros)
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Toto Le Heros ★★★ (1992)
Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier.
Man muses over being in wrong family. (89 minutes) 'PG-13' Adult situations, language, nudity, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 499010 [V] - DirectorJohn McNaughtonStarsEric BogosianPerformance artist/comedian Bogosian brings to hilarious life 10 separate oddball characters in a one-man-show. This profane, smart, crisply edited film will have you screaming for more.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
October 27, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll ★★★ (1991)
Eric Bogosian’s one-man show of strange urban characters. (102 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 923176 - DirectorNick GomezStarsPeter GreeneAdam TreseEdie FalcoThe lives of two incompetent young men from Brooklyn spin out of control after a friend returns from Florida with guns to sell.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
November 3, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Laws of Gravity ★★★ (1992)
Peter Greene, Edie Falco.
Tragedy of Brooklyn hoodlum, wife and bad buddy. (100 minutes) 'R' Language, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 165816 - DirectorPatrice LeconteStarsJean RochefortAnna GalienaRoland BertinAntoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume and the enticing figure of a woman with an opulent bosom. After all, he always knew he would marry one, completing his idealised love fantasy.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
November 10, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Hairdresser’s Husband ★★★ (1990)
Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena.
Frenchman weds hairdresser at last, per boyhood vow. (84 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, nudity. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 467774 [V] - DirectorLars von TrierStarsBarbara SukowaJean-Marc BarrUdo KierJust after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
November 17, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Aired under title: Zentropa)
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Zentropa ★★ (1991)
Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa.
American caught in bomb plot in 1945 Germany. (112 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 259543 [V] - DirectorRobert HeathStarsJames CoburnHugh HefnerBarbi BentonEarly in the 1990s, Hefner and others are interviewed on camera about Hefner's childhood and youth, the beginnings of Playboy and its later empire, what those enterprises meant to society, troubles with pundits, censors, and the government, and two crises within Hefner's world, the arrest and prosecution of a close associate and the murder of a model. Susan Brownmiller provides the basic critique of Hefner's businesses (women are objects); Hefner says he wanted to break repression, question traditional values, and present the healthy, wholesome, and real eroticism of the girl next door. By 1992, Hefner is extolling the virtues of marriage, children, and family life.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
November 24, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time ★★ (1992)
Profiles the founder of Playboy; James Coburn narrates. (90 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, nudity. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 370618 [V] - DirectorErik GustavsonStarsAnders Danielsen LieFrank RobertElisabeth Sand"Herman", based on Lars Saabye Christensen's novel of the same name, tells the story of the young boy Herman who suddenly loses his hair and becomes bald at the age of eleven. Movie follows him through what is a very difficult period in his life, through big mood swings and irrational behaviour until he finally learns to accept himself for who he is.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
December 1, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Herman ★★ (1990)
Anders Danielsen Lie, Elisabeth Sand.
An 11-year-old boy copes with losing his hair. (96 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 145710 - DirectorSpike LeeStarsTracy Camilla JohnsTommy Redmond HicksJohn Canada TerrellStory of a woman and her three lovers.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
December 8, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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She’s Gotta Have It ★★★ (1986) [B/W]
Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks.
Brooklyn woman juggles three boyfriends. (84 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 261330 [V] - DirectorGuido ManuliMaurizio NichettiStarsMaurizio NichettiAngela FinocchiaroMariella ValentiniMartina is a professional lady whose clients are harmless if eccentric; she sees herself as a social worker. Shy Maurizio dubs sound for cartoons while his outgoing brother dubs more saucy material and gets the girls. After Maurizio accidentally helps Martina on some of her assignations she decides to find out if he wants to help regularly. Whether or not it's the possibility of romance, Maurizio is horrified to find on their first date that his hands have been replaced by cartoon ones with minds of their own.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
December 15, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Aired under original title: Volere Volare)
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Volere Volare ★★ (1991)
Maurizio Nlchetti, Angela Flnocchlaro.
Man meets woman, turns into cartoon. Live action/animated. (92 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, nudity, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 703573 [V] - DirectorMichael RoemerSusan ToddAndrew YoungStarsAngela CapraIn 1961, Robert Young and Michael Roemer shot a gritty documentary in Palermo's Cortile Cascino, a slum reserved for rag pickers and scavengers. Thirty years later, Young's son and daughter-in-law go back to Sicily to pick up the story of Angela Capra, her now ex-husband, and their children. Black and white footage from 1961 is intercut with color footage from the 90's. Much has changed: Angela's leaving her husband gives her a sense of rebirth. And much is the same: unemployment, petty crimes, and early death. Throughout, family members credit the power of "destina" (fate) to determine their lives.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
December 22, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family ★★★ (1993)
Portrait of an Italian slum, from 1961 to 1991. (87 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 267938 - DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiPaolo BonacelliA kindhearted but bumbling idiot who likes to steal bananas, is passed off for a snitch hiding from the mob.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
December 29, 1993 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Johnny Stecchino ★★★ (1991)
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi.
Bus driver mistaken for Sicilian gangster. (102 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 246720 [V] - DirectorAnthony DrazanStarsMichael RapaportDeShonn CastleKevin CorriganA white, hip-hop loving teen falls in love with a black girl.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
January 5, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Zebrahead ★★★ (1992)
Michael Rapaport, N’Bushe Wright.
Jewish boy loves black girl in Detroit despite critics. (102 minutes) 'R' Language, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 370691 [V] - DirectorTom DiCilloStarsBrad PittRichard BoesCheryl CostaA struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and become a rock star.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
January 12, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Johnny Suede ★★★ (1991)
Brad Pitt, Calvin Levels.
Dreamer with pompadour wants to be like Ricky Nelson. (95 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, nudity. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 560560 [V] - DirectorJohn DuiganStarsNoah TaylorThandiwe NewtonNicole KidmanTwo freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
January 19, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Flirting ★★★ (1990)
Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton.
Preppie loves Ugandan girl in 1965 Australia. (100 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 662161 [V] - DirectorBarry ShilsStarsJordan Christopher MichaelMartha QuinnMichael NaegelA ten year-old boy runs away from his abusive parents, steals a Mustang, and a pursues a promotional card game sold at gas stations.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
January 26, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Motorama ★★★ (1992)
Jordan Christopher Michael, John Diehl.
Boy takes offbeat trip in stolen Mustang. (90 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 508292 - DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsLisa HarrowBruno GanzKerry FoxVicki returns to her elder sister Beth's house in Australia after an affair in Italy. Beth, with a teenage daughter, has become involved in something of a marriage of convenience with Frenchman J.P., and her rather prickly houseproud ways are causing frictions counterpointed by Vicki's more laid-back and indolent air. When Beth goes off on vacation to the outback alone with her cantankerous father to see if they can finally get to know each other, relationships in the household start to shift.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
February 2, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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The Last Days of Chez Nous ★★★ (1992)
Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz.
Writer’s husband sleeps with her younger sister. (96 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 669579 [V] - DirectorJohn-Paul DavidsonStarsSamira del FuegoGasparLucianaFrom the beginning of the film: "This is the story of a new twist on the oldest profession. The film follows a group of Brazilian prostitutes over two years as they work not only the streets of Rio, but those of Paris, Rome and Milan." However these prostitutes are gay, transgender women and transvestites.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
February 9, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Boys From Brazil (1992)
Study of transvestism in Rio de Janeiro. Directed by John-Paul Davidson. (69 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, nudity. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 111793 - DirectorKen LoachStarsRobert CarlyleEmer McCourtJim R. ColemanThe story of construction-worker Stevie and his unemployed pop-singer girlfriend shows the living conditions of the British poor class.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
February 16, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Riff-Raff ★★ (1991)
Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt.
Scottish construction worker loves Irish drifter in London. (92 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 7947326 [V] - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroJodie FosterCybill ShepherdA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
February 23, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Taxi Driver ★★★ (1976)
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster.
Lone New York cabbie befriends teen hooker, wastes pimp. (114 minutes) 'R' Language, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 496120 [V] - DirectorMaría NovaroStarsMaría RojoCarmen SalinasTito VasconcelosJulia (Rojo) is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every wednesday Julia does the danzon with Carmelo (Rergis) in the old "Salon Colonia". They've danced for years but barely know each other. One night Carmelo disappears without a trace. Feeling lonely and sad, Julia takes a train to Veracruz, where she knows Carmelo has a brother. That sudden trip will change Julia's life forever.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
March 2, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Danzon ★★★ (1991)
Maria Rojo, Carmen Salinas.
Mexican woman looks for her missing dancing partner. (103 minutes) 'PG- 13' Adult situations. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 1459482 [V] - DirectorChristian de ChalongeStarsMichel SerraultPierre RomansBérangère BonvoisinBased on the real life of Dr. Marcel Petiot: During world war II Petiot, an MD living in occupied Paris, promised to help wealthy Jewish people among his patients to flee occupied France for Spain. Instead, he drugged them and burnt their bodies in his home, while stealing their valuables. After the Liberation of France, he was condemned to death.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
March 9, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Aired under original title: Docteur Petiot)
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Docteur Petiot (1992)
Stylish, fact-based portrait of a homicidal physician (Michel Serrault) in WWII occupied France. (102 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 1295286 - 1985– 1h 45mTV-G7.9 (282)TV EpisodeStarsHarold LloydLindsay AndersonDavid ChasmanA film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
March 16, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1992)
Originally a presentation of PBS’ “American Playhouse,” the documentary traces the career of the legendary screen comedian, best known for his wild movie stunts. Jack Lemmon and studio mogul Hal Roach offer comments. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. - DirectorVincent WardStarsJason Scott LeeAnne ParillaudPatrick BerginArctic, 1965: Avik tells his story starting in 1931. A mapmaker flies Avik, then a preteen Eskimo boy with TB, to a hospital in Montreal where he meets Albertine. They meet again when Avik joins World War II in the UK.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
March 23, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Map of the Human Heart ★★★ (1992)
Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parillaud.
Inuit and his lover's story covers WWII and the Arctic. (109 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 497859 [V] - DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsLothaire BluteauAden YoungSandrine HoltIn the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
March 30, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(Also aired January 15, 1993)
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Black Robe ★★★ (1991)
Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young.
French Jesuit journeys among Indians in 1600s Quebec. (102 minutes) 'R' Adult situations, language, nudity, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 725189 [V] - DirectorNikita MikhalkovStarsBademaBayaertuVladimir GostyukhinA curious friendship develops between Gombo, a young Mongolian shepherd living with his wife and family in a hut, deep in the wilderness of the steppes, and Sergei, a Russian worker whose truck breaks down not far from Gombo's hut.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
April 6, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Close to Eden ★★★ (1991)
Bayaertu, Badema.
Inner Mongolia couple share hut with stranded Soviet trucker. (111 minutes) 'PG' Adult situations, language. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 554693 [V] - DirectorAlexandre RockwellStarsSteve BuscemiSeymour CasselJennifer BealsNew Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown flophouse he calls home.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
April 13, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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In the Soup ★★★ (1992)
Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel.
N.Y. con man offers to produce tyro’s movie. (93 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 959955 [V] - DirectorMaurice PialatStarsJacques DutroncAlexandra LondonBernard Le CoqThe final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
April 20, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Van Gogh ★★★ (1991)
Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London.
Chronicle of the last three months in the life of the painter. (155 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 75407285 [V] - DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsCarlos GallardoConsuelo GómezJaime de HoyosA traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
April 27, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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El Mariachi ★★★ (1992)
Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez.
Singer mistaken for killer in Mexican drug war. (81 minutes) 'R' Language, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 546485 [V] - DirectorTemístocles LópezStarsLinda FiorentinoElias KoteasAngel AvilesA series of unrelated amorous lovers are connected by a chain of desire.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
May 4, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Chain of Desire ★★ (1992)
Linda Fiorentino, Elias Koteas.
Serial sex in Gotham goes round downtown. (107 minutes) 'NR' Adult situations, language, nudity, violence. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 514075 [V] - DirectorIsmet ArnautalicMirsad IdrizovicAdemir KenovicStarsIzudin BajrovicSead BejtovicInes FancovicMade by the Sarajevo Group of Authors (SAGA), a collective created during the siege of Sarajevo, this documentary captures impressive stories of war that occurred during the conflict.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
May 11, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
(SAGA documentary aired under the title: Sarajevo Ground Zero)
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Sarajevo Ground Zero (1994)
A documentary made by Bosnian filmmakers who risked their lives to chronicle the siege and destruction of their home city of Sarajevo. (Subtitled) (53 minutes) (MAX) - DirectorDanny HustonStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerMathilda MayVirginia MadsenThe story of a girl who become the toast of Paris high-society. Through her marriage to one of France's most notorious degenerates, Colette's eyes are opened to every form of sexual depravity - shameless adventures that stir her.Wednesday Vanguard air date:
May 18, 1994 - 8 PM / 7 Central
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Becoming Colette ★★ (1992)
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Mathilda May.
French writer recalls her husband and her start. (97 minutes) 'R' Language, nudity. MAX Wed. 7 p.m. 103963 [V]