Email Author Michael Arago

1995 Stories by Michael Arago

• Dark Sun

  published November 1, 1995

  The 11th annual rite of passage for every local film/videomaker -- aka the Film Arts Festival -- arrives in S.F. Wednesday, Nov. 1, with... More >>

• Genre-Bender

  published August 16, 1995

  The scene looks typical enough. A tough cop, U.S. Customs Agent David Kujan (Chazz Palminteri), stands in a cluttered office, glaring down at a... More >>

• Tears R Us

  published April 19, 1995

  The Cure tracks the misadventures of Erik (Brad Renfro) and Dexter (Joseph Mazzello), two likable kids who just happen to be conducting their own... More >>

• Revolution Run Amok

  published April 12, 1995

  Unseen for 30 years, Soviet film director Mikhail Kalatozov's I Am Cuba surfaced to stun and delight a sold-out audience at the 1993 San Francisco... More >>

• Time to kill

  published March 8, 1995

  Writer/director Milcho Manchevski insists his captivating first feature is a work of fiction. But striking similarities link the bloody Macedonian... More >>

• Use your (dis)illusion

  published March 1, 1995

  While it opens with a beautiful period tale (Kayo Hatta's Picture Bride) and closes with a culture-clash dramatic comedy (Mina Shum's Double... More >>