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Film Festivals 1994

This years line-up had many highlights. The Tavini Brothers gave us their epic "Fiorile", while the Coen Brothers presented their extravagant "Hudsucker Proxy". Richard Linklater fronted up with two fresh looking teen comedies, "Dazed and Confused" and "Slacker" alongside Mike Leigh's brutal northern drama "Naked". David Lynch came up with a fine prequel to his cult TV series in "Twin Peaks: Fire Walks With Me", and speaking of twisted there was the wierd yet enchanting animation, "The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb". And Ron Fricke, cinematographer of "Koyaanisqatsi" directed his sensory masterpiece "Baraka" (right).

The Blue Kite (1993)

7.7/10
Director: Tian Zhuangzhuang
Starring: Lu Liping, Zhang Wenyao, Pu Quanxin

This harrowing tale of a family's struggle to survive in revolutionary China is told from the perspective of a young boy, Tietou, who witnesses first... Read more

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

7.3/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman, Charles Durning, John Mahoney

The Coen Brothers' extravagant, dazzling comedy of invention features dynamite performances from Tim Robbins as the fall guy and Jennifer Jason Leigh... Read more

The Hudsucker Proxy ( Blu-ray ) (1994)

7.3/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Charles Durning, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Mahoney, Paul Newman, Tim Robbins

The Coen Brothers' extravagant, dazzling comedy of invention features dynamite performances from Tim Robbins as the fall guy and Jennifer Jason Leigh... Read more

The Last Seduction (1993)

7.1/10
Director: John Dahl
Starring: Peter Berg, Linda Fiorentino, J T Walsh, Bill Nunn, Bill Pullman

Scorching modern film noir starring Linda Fiorentino as sexy, manipulative Bridget Gregory, who persuades her physician husband to deal drugs. Bridget... Read more

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

8/10
Director: Henry Selick
Starring: Danny Elfman, Paul Reubens, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara

A wonderfully bizarre and visually stunning Yuletide treat from Tim Burton, who uses stop-motion animation to tell the story of Jack Skellington, the... Read more

The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)

7.4/10
Director: Tran Anh Hung
Starring: Tran Nu Yen Khe, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong

A thoughtful and carefully observed drama about a 10-year-old servant girl who comes to work in a Saigon household in 1951. Details her relationships... Read more

The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)

7.4/10
Director: Dave Borthwick
Starring: Nick Upton, Deborah Collard, Frank Passingham

Nothing is likely to prepare you for your entry into the astonishing timeless world created by bolexbrother's director Dave Borthwick, where the stran... Read more

The Wages of Fear (1953)

8.1/10
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter Van Eyck

A thriller with surprisingly little violence which is, nevertheless, a hair-raising, hold-onto-the-edge-of-your-seat masterpiece of suspense. A young... Read more

The War Room (1993)

7.4/10
Director: Chris Hegedus, D A Pennebaker
Starring: James Carville, George Stephanopoulos

Entertaining and enlightening behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign that details the dogged efforts of charismatic campa... Read more

The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)

8/10
Director: Ray Muller
Starring: Leni Riefenstahl

Despite her fame as an actress and director in the '20s and '30s, German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl will best be remembered as the creator of the mode... Read more