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Film Festivals 1989

Another wonderfully eclectic line-up this year including the radiant "Bagdad Cafe", Jan Svankmajer's surreal "Alice", David Cronenberg's superb psychological offering "Dead Ringers", the acclaimed "sex, lies, and videotape" and the fascinating "Man Facing Southeast" (pictured).

Celia (1989)

6.9/10
Director: Ann Turner
Starring: Mary-Anne Fahey, Nicholas Eadie, Rebecca Smart, Victoria Longley

An unusual but captivating tale of a young girl's fears and fantasies that triumphs over considerable odds in telling us something fresh about the mag... Read more

Red Sorghum (1989)

7.5/10
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Liu Jia, Rujun Ten

A vivid, richly coloured drama about a young woman who takes on the management of her late husband's distillery in Northern China. All appears to be g... Read more

sex, lies, and videotape (1989)

7.2/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Andie MacDowell, James Spader, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Gallagher

An original, quirky film that won newcomer Steven Soderbergh the top prize at Cannes and captured the imaginations of audiences worldwide. Graham Dalt... Read more

The Boost (1989)

6.1/10
Director: Harold Becker
Starring: James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill

James Woods and Sean Young star in this tale about a hot-shot salesman and his wife whose fresh new start in L.A. becomes a cocaine nightmare. Read more

Homeboy (1988)

5.9/10
Director: Michael Seresin
Starring: Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer, Mickey Rourke

Before he was "The Wrestler," Mickey Rourke stepped into another type of fighting ring in this hard-hitting drama, which he also scripted. Rourke star... Read more

Little Dorrit (1988)

8.3/10
Director: Christine Edzard
Starring: Alec Guinness, Bill Fraser, Cyril Cusack, Derek Jacobi, Eleanor Bron, Joan Green...

Christine Edzard's film is a brilliant reworking of the Charles Dickens classic in two parts. The first part ("Nobody's Fault") is told from Arthur Cl... Read more

Monkey Shines (1988)

6.2/10
Director: George A Romero
Starring: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Stanley Tucci

A virile young man doesn't like the idea of becoming paralytic, immobilised and wheelchair bound. Enter Ella, a superintelligent (through the miracle... Read more

Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)

7.5/10
Director: Terence Davies
Starring: Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh

Director Terence Davies reconstructs the lives of a working class family in Liverpool in postwar England through the use of popular songs. Over 40 hit... Read more

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Blu-ray) (1988)

6.9/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Martin Landau, Mako , Frederic Forrest, Dean Stockwell...

Jeff Bridges is Preston Tucker, American inventor and the designer of an automobile too many years ahead of its time to succeed against the major car... Read more

Pelle The Conqueror (1988)

7.9/10
Director: Bille August
Starring: Erik Paaske, Max von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard

Winner of the Cannes Festival Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Picture, Bille August's moving film features a remarkable performance... Read more