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HorseplayerHorseplayer (1990)
Dir. Kurt Voss
Feat. Brad Dourif, Sammi Davis, Max Perlich
Interesting item stars the incomparably strange Brad Dourif as a loner being manipulated by bored neighbours. Unfortunately for them, Brad turns out…
Julia Has Two Lovers (1990)
Dir. Bashar Shbib
Feat. Daphna Kastner, David Duchovny
A simple wrong number turns into a marathon phone conversation and 'relationship' between a doubtful bride–to–be (Daphna Kastner) and a…
To Sleep With AngerTo Sleep With Anger (1990) Recommended
Dir. Charles Burnett
Feat. Danny Glover, Mary Alice, Carl Lumbly
Accomplished style–piece about African–American life in a Los Angeles suburb, where family calm is disturbed by the arrival of a…
TrustTrust (1990)
Dir. Hal Hartley
Feat. Adrienne Shelly, Martin Donovan, Edie Falco
A blackly comic examination of suburban neuroses with Adrienne Shelly returning for the director as a college drop–out who befriends an equally…
Do the Right ThingDo the Right Thing (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis
Spike Lee's tour–de–force of racial friction and personal politics, forged his status as the most important black director in history.…
Drugstore CowboyDrugstore Cowboy (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham
A stylised yet vivid journey into the lives of a group of sympathetic, drug–addicted youths in the early '70s. A high point in the career…
Eight Men OutEight Men Out (1989)
Dir. John Sayles
Feat. John Cusack, Michael Rooker, Christopher Lloyd
True story of the Chicago White Sox baseball team who conspired with gamblers to lose the World Series in 1919. Finely detailed topical drama with an…
Hush-A-Bye-BabyHush-A-Bye-Baby (1989)
Dir. Margo Harkin
Feat. Seamus Ball, Rosina Brown, Sean Carlin
Excellent portrayal, using 'workshop' methods, of the tribulations of four teenage girls in Northern Ireland, as they negotiate the local facts of…
In Fading LightIn Fading Light (1989)
Dir. Amber Film Collective
Feat. Joe Caffrey, Maureen Harold
Amber collective's admirable film focuses on the plight of a fishing town on the English north coast, in the face of Thatcherite corporate investment.
Last Exit to BrooklynLast Exit to Brooklyn (1989) Recommended
Dir. Uli Edel
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh
A harrowingly realistic adaptation of a contentious novel about civil unrest during the New York dock workers strike in the 1950s. Jennifer Jason…

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