I know that I have a big love of movies, and it's fitting that I have seen more than 90% of the movies that are going to be shown in the upcoming weeks.
A good portion of them I have previously seen on the big screen, and for those I will mark with an asterisk*
Some of the highlights for me are
Goodfellas*
One False Move
Dances with Wolves*
Boyz in the Hood
Unforgiven*
Malcolm X*
Short Cuts*
The Last Seduction
Run Lola Run
Schindler's List*
When it comes to certain films like The Crying Game, I was really eager to see it as I had previously enjoyed the work of Neil Jordan with films like The Company of Wolves & Mona Lisa. I didn't think much of it, nor did my favorite film critic at the time, Gene Siskel; he even spoiled the surprise ending on his television show Siskel & Ebert with respected film critic Roger Ebert. New Line Cinema banned Gene Siskel from ever attending another one of their press screenings.
Below is the press release from VIFF
VANCOUVER, BC – 90s, Baby! begins with Tarantino and Pulp Fiction (1994) — screening on 35mm — because more than any other filmmaker he crystallized the excitement of the moment and captured the imagination of movie lovers around the world, and because he showed us, in the words of his early hero Jean-Luc Godard, “Every movie should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.”
International cinema is part of this story. On Sundays through the summer, you’ll find key works by Wong Kar-Wai (Chungking Express), Krzystof Kieslowski (Three Colours Trilogy), Mike Leigh, Sally Potter, Claire Denis and Japanese anime masters.
Tuesday evenings, our “Girl Power” strand highlights female-centered stories, the industry’s often problematic attempt to create narratives with “strong women”: Thelma and Louise (1991), Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs (1991), Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2 (1991), Linda Fiorentino and Sharon Stone as femme fatales in The Last Seduction (1994) and Basic Instinct (1992), along with early explorations of a non-binary lens (Orlando, But I’m a Cheerleader). This strand begins with a gentle Canadian gem, Cynthia Scott’s charming 1990 comedy about seven stranded seniors, The Company of Strangers.
Fueled by pre-millennial angst, 1999 was such an extraordinary year for great cinema it earns a two-week window in our series at the end of August, to showcase classics like The Matrix, Magnolia, Fight Club and Being John Malkovich (to name just a few).
90s, Baby! also features VIFF Live events — surf band The ReViberators will play a set of Dick Dale tunes before Pulp Fiction (1994); Chen Baker brings us Cantopop for Chungking Express (1994); Julio Avila’s Cuban Band will fire up Mambo Kings (1992); and Andrea Superstein will perform the songs of Burt Bacharach before a screening of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997).
“This is the biggest series we have ever put on, and I’m pretty confident it’s the biggest film series ever mounted in Vancouver,” VIFF Centre programmer Tom Charity observes. “In recent summers we celebrated the American Cinema of the 1970s and 80s, and these were extremely popular. I’ve fielded many requests that we give the 1990s the same treatment. It was an exciting and eclectic time for movies. New voices were making themselves heard, and World Cinema was having a real impact. For some generations, the series will be a nostalgia trip, and for younger folks it’s a voyage of discovery: for them, this will be an opportunity to catch up on great films on the big screen in the best theatre in the city. But whatever your age, I guarantee there will be films you haven’t seen before and films you will want to revisit.”
Look for surprise films, 90s trivia, talks, and late additions as the summer progresses
VIFF Centre, 1181 Seymour St
June 19 to the end of August.
Passes on sale now for $249, includes free entry to all regular-priced screenings (that’s less than $3 per film!).
The first 20 series passes sold will include free entry to the opening night VIFF Live event with The ReViberators.
Ten ticket packs for $149.
Find out more at: https://viff.org/series/90s/
Full Program
90s Mystery Movie + Trivia Night
Basic Instinct, dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1992
Boyz n the Hood, dir. John Singleton, 1991
La Haine, dir. Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995
Madonna: Truth or Dare, dir. Alek Kershishian, 1991
My Own Private Idaho, dir. Gus Van Sant, 1991
Princess Mononoke, dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 1997
Short Cuts, dir. Robert Altman, 1993*
The Crying Game, dir. Neil Jordan, 1992*
The Usual Suspects, dir. Bryan Singer, 1995*
Special Events
VIFF Live Events
About VIFF | viff.org
The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is one of Canada’s leading film organizations and an internationally recognized cultural institution. VIFF presents the annual Vancouver International Film Festival, operates the VIFF Centre, Vancouver’s premier arthouse cinema, and leads artist development initiatives through the Institute for the Moving Image. Together, these initiatives nurture filmmakers, strengthen the screen-based arts sector, and bring the joy of bold, original cinema to audiences year-round. Learn more at viff.org.
Founded in 1982, the Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society is a not-for-profit cultural society and federally registered charitable organization. VIFF is presented on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil‑Waututh) Nations.
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