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'.
Kundun (1997)
7/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong
A beautifully crafted saga of the 14th Dalai Lama, from his childhood in Tibet to his exile following the Chinese takeover. A cast of non-professional... Read more
The Apostle (1997)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Duvall
Starring: Robert Duvall, Farrah Fawcett, Miranda Richardson
Robert Duvall gives one of his most thoughtful and complex performances as a womanising, low-rent Pentecostal minister who is forced to leave his Texa... 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
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
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
Eve's Bayou (1997)
7.3/10
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Jurnee Smollett
A richly textured gothic family drama set in Louisiana in 1962. Samuel L. Jackson is a loving but philandering doctor whose adulterous ways lead Eve,... Read more
Love And Death On Long Island (1996)
7.1/10
Director: Richard Kwietniowski
Starring: John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi
Stuffy author John Hurt wanders into the wrong movie theatre, encounters a teen exploitation flick and becomes obsessed with one of the movie's stars... Read more
Waco: The Rules Of Engagement (1997)
8/10
Director: William Gazecki
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary, this controversial feature chronicles the 1993 stand-off in Waco, Texas, between the Branch David... Read more
The Truce (1997)
6.7/10
Director: Francesco Rosi
Starring: John Turturro, Massimo Ghini, Rade Serbedzija
This is the true story of Italian Jews returning home from Auschwitz after the war. It deals with their experiences in readjusting to life and their f... Read more
Shooting Lily (1996)
7.9/10
Director: Arthur Borman
Starring: Matt Wilson, Amy Smallman
What can a husband do when the woman he loves leaves him for no reason at all? In this case he has it all on tape - his obsessive camcorderings of the... Read more