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Subgenre Sampler

 
She's Having a BabyShe's Having a Baby (1988)
Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, Alec Baldwin
Another John Hughes hit in which young Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern embark on marriage and parenthood.
Some GirlsSome Girls (1988)
Dir. Mike Hoffman
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Connelly, Sheila Kelley
An odd and moving little film in which a college student travels to Quebec to visit his girlfriend – and her eccentric family, and is thrust…
Stand and DeliverStand and Deliver (1988)
Dir. Ramon Menendez
Feat. Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia
Rousing true story about a no–nonsense Math teacher in a tough L.A. school and his struggles to motivate his dispirited and troubled students.
Talk RadioTalk Radio (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Eric Bogosian, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Greene
Eric Bogosian adapts his biting stageplay for Oliver Stone's camera, and the result is devastating. He portrays a radio talkshow host with an opinion…
TwinsTwins (1988) Recommended
Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny De Vito
A science experiment posits Big Arnie and pint–sized Danny DeVito as not–so–identical twins who meet as adults after being…
Unbearable Lightness of Being, TheUnbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988) Recommended
Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Stellan Skarsgard
In war–torn Czechoslovakia 1968, a young doctor is caught between two lovers and the political struggle of his homeland. Daniel Day–Lewis…
Vampire's KissVampire's Kiss (1988) Recommended
Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals
Nicolas Cage gives a wildly uninhibited performance as a psychotic yuppie who thinks he's been bitten by a vampire. From the pen that wrote the…
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving TrainWarm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1988)
Dir. Bob Ellis
Feat. Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, Norman Kaye
A Catholic schoolteacher moonlights as a prostitute to fund her disabled brother’s morphine dependence, later falling under the influence of a…
Without A ClueWithout A Clue (1988)
Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones
A nicely contrived send–up of the Sherlock Holmes stories, with Kingsley playing Doctor Watson, who in fact has invented the character of…
BarflyBarfly (1987)
Dir. Barbet Schroeder
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige
Mickey Rourke relishes his role as an alcoholic low–life with a gift for poetry. Loosely based on one Charles Bukowski, who wrote the script.

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