Film Festivals 1992
The festival this year was spiced with some real gems including David Cronenberg's take on William S Burroughs' underground classic "Naked Lunch", Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's bizarrely inspired "Delicatessen", John McNaughton's disturbing "Henry - Portrait of a Serial killer", Wim Wenders' epic "Until the End of the World", the thought-provoking "Rapture" and Lars Von Trier's stunning, hypnotic "Zentropa" (right).
A Brief History of Time (1992)
6.8/10
Director: Errol Morris
Starring: Stephen Hawking
An outstanding portrait of cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who's afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and communicates verbally with a voice synt... Read more
Boyz N The Hood (1991)
7.8/10
Director: John Singleton
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr
A thoughtful look at life in the black section of South Central Los Angeles. A divorced father strives to raise his son with values and steer him away... Read more
Danny, The Champion of the World (1989)
6.8/10
Director: Gavin Millar
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Robbie Coltrane, Samuel Irons, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Lion...
Nine year old Danny Smith lives an idyllic life in a gypsy caravan at the back of his Dad's garage but all this looks set to change when evil landowne... Read more
Delicatessen (1991)
7.7/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
Starring: Marie-Laure Dougnac, Dominique Pinon, Karin Viard
A post-apocalyptic future becomes the setting for pitch black humor in this visually intricate French comedy. A circus performer takes a position as a... Read more
Edward II (1992)
7/10
Director: Derek Jarman
Starring: Steven Waddington, Kevin Collins, Andrew Tiernan
Derek Jarman uses Christopher Marlowe's classic play about the 14th century monarch for this daring cinematic treatise on gay love and its place in th... Read more
Europa ( aka Zentropa ) (1992)
7.7/10
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Ernst Hugo
This penetrating and mesmeric trip into the dark soul of Europe follows a young American pacifist of German descent who sojourns to post-WWII Deutschl... Read more
Europa Europa (1990)
7.6/10
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy
A riveting and moving fact-based WWII Holocaust drama about a German-Jewish teenage boy who flees the Nazis and conceals his identity - only to find h... Read more
Father (1989)
6.9/10
Director: John Power
Starring: Carol Drinkwater, Julia Blake, Max von Sydow
A man well-settled into the autumn of his life, Joe Mueller (Max von Sydow) is lovingly supported by his daughter Anne (Carol Drinkwater) and her husb... Read more
Get Back (1991)
7/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Paul McCartney
An exciting account of Paul McCartney's 1989-90 world tour, which encompassed 102 dates in 45 cities. Directed by Richard Lester ('A Hard Days Night')... Read more
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
7/10
Director: John McNaughton
Starring: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy Arnold
Based on the shocking true story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, Michael Rooker delivers an unforgettable performance of ferocious intensity as Henr... Read more