Film Festivals 1998
Highlights from this year's festivals include Neil LaBute's searing black comedy 'In the Company of Men', the Coen brothers' 'The Big Lebowski' and Martin Scorsese's Tibetan ode, 'Kundun'. Gary Oldman made his directing debut with the intense 'Nil By Mouth' and the understated Australian thriller 'The Interview' showcased Hugo Weaving's great talent. Special mention also for the lyrical comedy/drama, 'Lawn Dogs', Tony Gatlif's 'Gadjo Dilo' and the deeply and delightfully weird, 'Gummo'.
The Big Lebowski ( Blu-ray ) (1998)
8.1/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, John Turturro, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffma...
A comedy about kidnapping, nihilism, the Gulf War and bowling, courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, a middle-... Read more
Love is the Devil (1998)
6.4/10
Director: John Maybury
Starring: Daniel Craig, Derek Jacobi, Karl Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton
This biography of painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer (Daniel Craig), a former small time crook. Amazingly r... Read more
Memory and Desire (1998)
Director: Niki Caro
Starring: Yuri Kinugawa, Eugene Nomura
Niki Caro's haunting tale is based on a story from Peter Wells' 'Dangerous Desires' - originally inspired by a news item about a Japanese woman found... Read more
The Boys (1998)
7.2/10
Director: Rowan Woods
Starring: David Wenham, Toni Collette, John Polson
This not-for-all-tastes powerful character study focuses on festering Brett Sprague who has just been released from jail, and the dysfunctional enviro... Read more
The Big Lebowski (1998)
8.1/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: David Huddleston, Peter Stormare, Steve Buscemi, Sam Elliott, Philip Seymour Hof...
A comedy about kidnapping, nihilism, the Gulf War and bowling, courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, a middle-... Read more
Via Satellite (1998)
6.4/10
Director: Anthony McCarten
Starring: Danielle Cormack, Timothy Balme, Rima Te Wiata
Anthony McCarten's stageplay makes it to the screen in this production starring Danielle Cormack, Tim Balme and Rima Te Wiata centering on the euphori... Read more
The Butcher Boy (1998)
7.2/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Ian Hart, Sean McGinley
A blackly comic study of an Irish boy who doesn't have a chance in life; his father is a perpetual drunk, his mother a mentally fragile soul. Yet he g... Read more
Gadjo Dilo (1998)
Director: Tony Gatlif
Starring: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban
Aka "The Crazy Stranger". This lyrical, poetic slice of cinematic art focuses on a young Frenchman who, while searching for a legendary folk singer, g... Read more
The Interview (1998)
7.3/10
Director: Craig Monahan
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery
A taut, thought-provoking thriller based around a duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. Its claustroph... Read more
Kurt and Courtney (1998)
Director: Nick Broomfield
Starring: Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love
Nick Broomfield's muckraking documentary profiles indie-rock stars Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Love objected to a one-sided, possibly slanderous po... Read more