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Film Festivals 1987

A vintage festival year with many stand-outs including Jim Henson's wonderful "Labyrinth", Peter Greenaway's absurdist metaphorical achievement, "A Zed and Two Noughts", Oliver Stone's harrowing "Salvador", the heartwarming "My Life as a Dog", Gary Oldman's standout performance as Sid Vicious in "Sid and Nancy" and the disturbing romantic masterpiece "Betty Blue".

Mona Lisa (1986)

7.4/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane

Even before The Crying Game, Irish director Neil Jordan received a first round of critical acclaim for this superb 1986 film, a character study of a m... Read more

Otello (1986)

7.2/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz

Placido Domingo stars in one of his most famous roles - as the Moor in Giuseppe Verdi's great opera, 'Otello'. This production, shot on location, was... Read more

Parting Glances (1986)

7.8/10
Director: Bill Sherwood
Starring: Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, Steve Buscemi

Authentic gay film focusing on the final stages of a love affair, featuring fine performances by Richard Ganoung and John Bolger as the couple. Read more

Round Midnight (1986)

7.4/10
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Starring: Francois Cluzet, Dexter Gordon, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonette McKee, Herbie Ha...

Bertrand Tavernier's exquisite homage to jazz - the moving story of a black jazz musician (sax great Dexter Gordon) in 1959 Paris, struggling to creat... Read more

Travelling North (1986)

7/10
Director: Carl Schultz
Starring: Leo McKern, Julia Blake, Graham Kennedy, Henri Szeps

Leo McKern gives a grand performance as a crabby retiree, whose dream of living undisturbed 'up north' in Queensland with his new found divorcee, is c... Read more

Care Bears Movie 2: A New Generation (1986)

Director: Dale Schott

Join the adorable Care Bear family as they save the Kingdom of Caring from evil in this exciting animated adventure for the young and young at heart! Read more

Tampopo (1986)

7.4/10
Director: Juzo Itami
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamakazi, Nobuko Miyamoto

One of the funniest, most enjoyable, satirical comedies is this treasure of a movie, the plot of which, loosely concerns the quest for the perfect Jap... Read more

Down By Law (1986)

7.8/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Ellen Barkin, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, John Lurie, Tom Waits

Jim Jarmusch's follow-up to his immensely successful "Stranger Than Paradise" stars Tom Waits, John Lurie - and in a treasure of a performance, Robert... Read more

Three Men and a Cradle (1985)

6.6/10
Director: Coline Serreau
Starring: Roland Giraud, Michel Boujenah, Andre Dussollier

One of the funniest French films in recent years; the lives of three happy-go-lucky French bachelors are turned upside-down when a former lover of one... Read more

Bliss (1985)

7/10
Director: Ray Lawrence
Starring: Lynette Curran, Barry Otto, Helen Jones

Noticed by its absence for a number of years, this outrageous and daring Australian film stars Barry Otto as Harry Joy, a wistful Sydney advertising m... Read more