Film Festivals 1990
This punter believes this was the best film festival ever to grace Christchurch's screens (in this case the old Regent Theatre). The entire line-up had absolutely no deadwood. A few of the great many highlights included Jane Campion's "An Angel At My Table" and "Sweetie", Akira Kurosawa's "Dreams", Hal Hartley's "The Unbelievable Truth" the acclaimed "Cinema Paradiso", the marvellous "Jesus of Montreal", from the Netherlands came the sleek psycho-chiller "The Vanishing" and from Mexico came Alex Jodorowsky's unforgettable "Santa Sangre" (right).
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
5.3/10
Director: Julien Temple
Starring: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans
A dizzy, glitzy, fish out of water farce about three horny aliens on the make in L.A. Saturated with clever ideas, splashy visuals and enough bawdy en... Read more
High Hopes (1988)
7.6/10
Director: Mike Leigh
Starring: Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore, Philip Jackson
A provocative, original, slice-of-life Comedy-Drama about love, alienation and responsibility centred on a young laid-back working class couple, his a... Read more
Paperhouse (1988)
6.8/10
Director: Bernard Rose
Starring: Glenne Headly, Ben Cross, Charlotte Burke
Little Anna has a very active imagination and a talent for drawing, but that does not explain quite everything in this eerie, psychological thriller.... Read more
Red Riding Hood (1988)
5.7/10
Director: Adam Brooks
Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Amelia Shankley, Rocco Sisto, Craig T Nelson
Craig T Nelson, Isabella Rossellini and Amelia Shankley star in this tale of the faithful little girl who must brave the forest and the big bad wolf t... Read more
Testimony (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Terence Rigby, Ronald Pickup
The enthralling study of the life and times, the artistry and the anguish of the Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich - a Russian who fell from grace... Read more
Black Narcissus ( Blu-ray ) (1947)
8/10
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: David Farrar, Deborah Kerr, Jean Simmons, Sabu
Plagued by uncertainties and worldly desires, five Protestant missionary nuns, led by Deborah Kerr's Sister Clodagh, struggle to establish a school in... Read more
Black Narcissus (1947)
8/10
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Sabu, Jean Simmons
Plagued by uncertainties and worldly desires, five Protestant missionary nuns, led by Deborah Kerr's Sister Clodagh, struggle to establish a school in... Read more