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".
Colonel Redl (1984)
7.7/10
Director: Istvan Szabo
Starring: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Hans Christian Blech, Gudrun Landgre...
Klaus Maria Brandauer stars in this epic story of intrigue, love and lust, set in Austria during the years leading up to WWI. Adapted from John Osborn... Read more
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey (1967)
8.6/10
Director: Chris Hegedus, D A Pennebaker
Starring: Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell
More than 40 years after Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, and Noel Redding wowed the audience at the Monterey Pop Festival, it remains one of the greates... Read more
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
8.1/10
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Anna Lee
This gothic psychological chiller from director Robert Aldrich stars Bette Davis as former child star Baby Jane Hudson, driven by jealousy and dementi... Read more
Touch of Evil (1958)
8.1/10
Director: Orson Welles
Starring: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Joseph Calleia, Marle...
This twisting cinematic masterpiece of style and suspense, based on the Whit Masterson novel, features Orson Welles as a corrupt cane-wielding officia... Read more