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'.
Citizen Kane ( Blu-ray ) (1941)
8.4/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Ruth...
Even people who have never seen Citizen Kane know it's the greatest film of all time. Orson Welles' debut has become an undisputed cultural benchmark... Read more
In the Company of Men (1997)
7.2/10
Director: Neil LaBute
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy
Shot in just two weeks for $25, 000, first-time director Neil LaBute adapted his own play for this pitch black comedy. It's a sharp take on modern mi... Read more
The Land Girls (1998)
6.3/10
Director: David Leland
Starring: Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel
Set in 1941 and as war rages in Europe a new regiment of tough, disciplined soldiers is required to protect The Mother Country and lay down their live... Read more
The Hanging Garden (1997)
7.1/10
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Starring: Chris Leavins, Kerry Fox, Troy Veinotte
Paints a lyrical and savagely humorous picture of homecoming as a gay man returns to Nova Scotia for his sister's wedding. This offbeat drama jumps ba... Read more
The Spanish Prisoner (1998)
7.3/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon
Playwright-filmmaker David Mamet goes Hitchcockian in this thriller involving an elaborate con game. A naive inventor (Campbell Scott) develops a form... Read more
The Decameron (1971)
7.1/10
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring: Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti, Angela Luce
The first part of Pasolini's great trilogy, based on the ribald tales of Boccaccio, which deal with human sensuality and artistic creation. Pasolini h... Read more
Gummo (1997)
6.7/10
Director: Harmony Korine
Starring: Linda Manz, Max Perlich, Chloe Sevigny
Harmony Korine, the creator of 'Kids', offers a startling glimpse of the suburb of Xenia, Ohio; a world existing in the aftermath of a tornado that ra... Read more
Character (1997)
7.8/10
Director: Mike Van Diem
Starring: Fedja Van Huet, Jan Decleir, Betty Schuurman
Winner of the 1997 Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards, this Dickensian drama is set in Rotterdam during the 1920s detailing the events that occur... Read more
Lawn Dogs (1997)
7.6/10
Director: John Duigan
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Christopher McDonald, Kathleen Quinlan, Mischa Barton
Landscaper Sam Rockwell ('Box of Moonlight') observes the foibles of the privileged people around him in a posh surburban gated community and forms an... Read more
Under The Skin (1997)
6.6/10
Director: Carine Adler
Starring: Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham
This acclaimed debut feature, made on a budget of $655,000 by a relative new-comer focuses on a highly sensible, confused young woman (Samantha Morton... Read more