Film Festivals 1995
What an eclectic line-up this year. Seemed most major film making nations had an entry - from Cuba came the Oscar Winning "Strawberries and Chocolate", from Spain, the twisted treat that was "Accion Mutante", Russia produced the Academy Award winner "Burnt By The Sun", France gave us a taste of gypsy life in "Latcho Drom" while Belgium fronted with the sumptuous "Farinelli", Taiwan entered the charming "Eat Drink Man Woman" and from Hong Kong came the erotically charged "Sex and Zen". Denmark's Lars Von Trier introduced his darkly humourous soap "The Kingdom" (pictured).
Dingo (1991)
6.9/10
Director: Rolf de Heer
Starring: Miles Davis, Colin Friels, Bernadette Lafont, Helen Buday, Joe Petruzzi
Late jazz great Miles Davis made his only acting appearance in this film about a jazz trumpeter who dares to realise his musical dreams in the Austral... Read more
Don Giovanni (1979)
7.7/10
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Kiri Te Kanawa
The tale of womaniser Don Giovanni and his servant Leporello. Giovanni's attempts to woo Donna Anna end in tragedy when he kills her father in a duel.... Read more
Spanking the Monkey (1994)
6.3/10
Director: David O Russell
Starring: Jeremy Davies, Alberta Watson, Benjamin Hendrickson
Just your average black comedy about masturbation and incest. A bright teenager is told by his travelling-salesman father that he must sacrifice his... Read more
Claire of the Moon (1993)
5/10
Director: Nicole Conn
Starring: Trisha Todd, Karen Trumbo, Faith McDevitt
When pop novelist Claire and lesbian sexual therapist Noel become roommates during a retreat for women writers, they make a poorly-matched pair. Spark... Read more
Farinelli (1995)
6.9/10
Director: Gerard Corbiau
Starring: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Jeroen Krabbe
'Farinelli il Castrato'. A sumptuously filmed saga of two brothers in 18th century Europe, one a composer and the other a castrato opera singer. (Fari... Read more
Accion Mutante (1993)
6.5/10
Director: Alex De La Iglesia
Starring: Antonio Resines, Frederique Feder, Alex Angulo
This outrageous twisted treat is set in the year 2012 where beauty and style reign supreme, imperfection and deformity are abhorred. Accion Mutante, a... Read more
Funny Bones (1995)
7/10
Director: Peter Chelsom
Starring: Leslie Caron, Lee Evans, Jerry Lewis, Oliver Platt, Richard Griffiths, Oliver Re...
Jerry Lewis is the famous father of struggling comedian (Oliver Platt) desperate to make his own name in the business. He is not making it in Las Veg... Read more
Romeo is Bleeding (1993)
6.6/10
Director: Peter Medak
Starring: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis
A sharp thriller with all the right elements: a nifty script about greed, corruption and sex; a grimy film noir feel that's tinged with a hallucinator... Read more
The Young Americans (1993)
5.8/10
Director: Danny Cannon
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen, John Wood, Viggo Mortensen
US cop Harvey Keitel steps into the unfamiliar territory of London in an attempt to catch a drug runner (his longtime nemesis) which escalates into an... Read more
Where The Day Takes You (1992)
6.8/10
Director: Marc Rocco
Starring: Sean Astin, Lara Flynn Boyle, Peter Dobson, Balthazar Getty, Ricki Lake, James L...
A compelling look at the homeless LA street kids, as related by Dermot Mulroney to prison psychologist Laura San Giacomo. With Sean Astin, Lara Flynn... Read more