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).
Spotswood (1991)
Director: Mark Joffe
Starring: Alwyn Kurts, Anthony Hopkins, Bruno Lawrence, Russell Crowe
A delightful comedy about a family owned company's effort to bring its antiquated manufacturing and marketing systems into the 20th century under the... 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
The Indian Runner (1991)
7.1/10
Director: Sean Penn
Starring: David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Charles Bronson,...
A stunningly realised character study centering on the stormy relationship between a highway patrolman (David Morse) and his 'loose cannon' brother (V... Read more
Naked Lunch (1991)
7.1/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Roy Scheider
William S. Burroughs' 1959 free-form, underground classic is brought to the screen weaving elements of the author's life with the fictional material.... Read more
Night On Earth (1991)
7.8/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Giancarlo Esposito, Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Rosie Perez, Roberto Benigni, B...
A five-part slice-of-life; each story unravelling at the same time in L.A., New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki; all set in a taxi, and all spotlightin... Read more
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
8.2/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Ma Jingwu, He Caifei, Cao Cuifeng
This magnificent film chronicles the life of a 1920s maiden who, at her mother's urging, agrees to marry a wealthy man. She becomes 'fourth mistress'... Read more
Rambling Rose (1991)
6.7/10
Director: Martha Coolidge
Starring: Laura Dern, Robert Duvall, Diane Ladd, Lukas Haas
A charmingly humanistic tale set in 1930s Georgia with Laura Dern as an oversexed, lost-soul of a girl who comes to work for a genteel family headed b... Read more
The Rapture (1991)
6.4/10
Director: Michael Tolkin
Starring: Mimi Rogers, Patrick Bauchau, David Duchovny
A thought-provoking film where virtually no others have dared to tread, about a young woman in a brain-dead job who becomes involved with a fundamenta... Read more
Until the End of the World (1991)
6.8/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Ernie Dingo, Jeanne Moreau, Max von Sydow, Rudiger Vogler, Sam Neill, Solveig Do...
One of cinema's most audacious directors, Wim Wenders, the visionary creator of 'Paris, Texas' and 'Wing Of Desire', brings us the ultimate road movie... Read more
The Miracle (1990)
7.6/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Beverly D'Angelo, Donal McCann, Niall Byrne, Lorraine Pilkington
A whimsical, engaging drama set in a small Irish town that is the home to a teenage boy and girl. When the circus arrives in town, the boy becomes inv... Read more