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).
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
5.9/10
Director: Jim Abrahams
Starring: Winona Ryder, Jeff Daniels, Laila Robins
A small American town is reluctantly preparing for a visit from a local woman who left years ago and became a national celebrity. Teen outcast Dinky B... Read more
Europa Europa (1990)
7.6/10
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Julie Delpy, Marco Hofschneider
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
Riff Raff (1990)
5.2/10
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jimmy Coleman
The scams, arguments, shoddy practices and humour of a group of workers, one just out of jail, working on expensive flats are the basis for this gem.... Read more
Texasville (1990)
6/10
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Annie Potts, Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges
Director Peter Bogdanovich returns to Anarene, Texas - the site of his classic 'The Last Picture Show' and updates us on what the characters have been... Read more
Tune in Tomorrow ( aka Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter ) (1990)
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk
A light and engagingly ludicrous comedy from the director of 'The Singing Dectective' and 'Queen of Hearts'. A flamboyant and mysterious radio scriptw... Read more
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
Director: Tom Stoppard
Starring: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Iain Glen
Playwright Tom Stoppard has scripted and directed this film version of his own highly successful stage comedy about two minor characters in Shakespear... 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
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
Kill Me Again (1989)
6.3/10
Director: John Dahl
Starring: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Michael Madsen
Double crosses, seductions and more double crosses as femme fatale (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) lucks into a bundle of mob money, then uses her charms to e... 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