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Van GoghVan Gogh (1991) Recommended
Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Jacques Dutronc
The ultra–naturalistic style of Maurice Pialat may not seem the best choice for a costume drama about probably the most–often filmed…
An Angel at My TableAn Angel at My Table (1990) Recommended
Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Kerry Fox
Multi–award winning adaptation of Janet Frame's three autobiographies, deserving of its big reputation through compassionate storytelling and…
Henry and JuneHenry and June (1990)
Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Maria de Medeiros, Fred Ward, Uma Thurman
From the diaries of French author Anais Nin, her steamy and stormy adventures with American writer Henry Miller and his wife are lensed to perfection.
Vincent and TheoVincent and Theo (1990)
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Roth
This biopic charts the relationship between the tortured artist and his patron brother, with sympathetic direction and Tim Roth's performance as…
A TV DanteA TV Dante (The Inferno Cantos I - VIII) (1989)
Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. John Gielgud, Bob Peck, Joanne Whalley
Striking recitation by Gielgud and company of the first eight cantos. Greenaway superimposes some truly potent images over a series of talking heads.…
Camille ClaudelCamille Claudel (1988)
Dir. Bruno Nuytten
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Gerard Depardieu, Alain Cuny
Intense, robust biopic of the French artist and lover of fellow sculptor, Auguste Rodin. Their tumultuous affair is passionately incarnated by…
Moderns, TheModerns, The (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, John Lone
A witty and exquisite recreation of Paris in the 1920s, complete with the ‘lost generation’ of Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and F Scott…
Rowing with the WindRowing with the Wind (1988)
Dir. Gonzalo Suárez
Feat. Hugh Grant, Elizabeth Hurley, Lizzy McInnerny
Earnest dramatisation of Mary Shelley's relationship with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley while in the midst of conceiving her famed novel…
Ebony Tower, TheEbony Tower, The (1987)
Dir. Robert Knights
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Roger Rees, Greta Scacchi
Self–conscious but watchable satire has a young art critic finding himself attracted to the unusual lifestyle of a reclusive painter. Based on…
Wolf at the Door, The (1987)
Dir. Henning Carlsen
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow
Thoughtful biopic of painter Paul Gauguin’s middle–years, with Donald Sutherland contending with the philistines of Paris upon his return…

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