Retrospective Film Review

Miami Blues (1990) • 35 Years Later — dark, funny take on Americana treads its own path with moderate success

An ex-con’s first act of freedom is moving to Miami where he restarts his old criminal ways with even more potency.

Looking back to the halcyon cinematic time that was the 1990s, it was fairly common to see low-to-mid-budget quirky films hit our screens at regular intervals, and for the most part they’d be interesting and worthwhile watches — a few may even have turned a profit. Some titles that come to mind include One False Move (1992), Before Sunrise (1995), Swingers (1996), Pi (1998), and Go (1999).

Of course, any film buff worth their popcorn could easily list another 20. The point I’m trying to make is that, unlike today, Hollywood studios were far happier to produce these less mainstream films because they could always depend on the home video market that would help boost their sales. Nowadays, such films would most likely go straight to streaming, more’s the pity. However, I’d wager the following feature being…