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).
Talk Radio (1988)
7.3/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Ellen Greene, Eric Bogosian
Oliver Stone directed this adaptation of Eric Bogosian's hit stage play, which is loosely based on the murder of Denver Talk show host Alan Berg by a... Read more
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
7.5/10
Director: Percy Adlon
Starring: Marianne Sagebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance
This enchanting and affectionate fable unveils, in a series of wonderful vignettes, the developing friendship between several oddball characters. Mari... Read more
Eat the Rich (1987)
6/10
Director: Peter Richardson
Starring: Lanah Pellay, Nosher Powell, Fiona Richmond, Kathy Burke, Robbie Coltrane, Katri...
In direct opposition to the advice of Jonathan Swift, (whose 'Modest Proposal' of 1729, suggested the Irish poor sell their children as livestock to e... Read more
Stormy Monday (1988)
6.3/10
Director: Mike Figgis
Starring: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting , Sean Bean
Melanie Griffith and Sting star in this moody and atmospheric mystery-thriller set in the dreary city of Newcastle. Tommy Lee Jones plays an American... 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
The Rosary Murders (1987)
5.7/10
Director: Fred Walton
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer
Slow, but interesting, tale of a parish priest (Donald Sutherland) who hears the confession of a serial killer preying on priests and nuns, and finds... 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
Henry V (Olivier) ( Blu-ray ) (1944)
7.7/10
Director: Laurence Olivier
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, Esmond Knight, Renee Asherson, Fe...
'Henry V' is one of Shakespeare's most compelling historical plays. Laurence Olivier won a special Oscar for outstanding achievement as an actor, prod... Read more
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
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