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Subgenre Sampler

 
Life Is SweetLife Is Sweet (1990) Recommended
Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Alison Steadman, Timothy Spall, Jane Horrocks
Life is always bittersweet in a Mike Leigh film, but never so funny. Naturalism and caricature harmonise is this domestic black comedy thanks to his…
Little Gangster, TheLittle Gangster, The (Le Petit Criminel) (1990)
Dir. Jacques Doillon
Feat. Gerald Thomassin, Richard Anconina, Clotilde Courau
Jacques Doillon (PONETTE) combines his eye for youthful naturalism with technical and storytelling assurance in this neatly formed movie about a…
Longtime CompanionLongtime Companion (1990) Recommended
Dir. Norman Rene
Feat. Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy, John Dossett
Spirit–lifting work chronicles a decade in the lives of a group of gay men and their freinds who become personally affected by AIDS.
Lord of the FliesLord of the Flies (1990)
Dir. Harry Hook
Feat. Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, James Badge Dale
Updated film version of William Golding's novel about stranded military school cadets whose instinct for survival reverts to barbarism.
Lorna DooneLorna Doone (1990)
Dir. Andrew Grieve
Feat. Polly Walker, Clive Owen, Sean Bean
British television film set in the West Country during the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 (though actually filmed in Scotland). John Kidd seeks to avenge…
Mahabharata, TheMahabharata, The (1990)
Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Erika Alexander, Maurice Benichou, Amba Bihler
This 'great story of mankind' forms the basis of Indian religion and mythology. Some 15 times the length of the bible, stage maestro Peter Brook has…
Man and Two Women, A (1990)
Dir. Valerie Stroh
Feat. Valerie Stroh, Lambert Wilson, Dianne Pierens
Inspired by the writings of Doris Lessing, three sensuous stories are thoughtfully realised from the imagination of an emotionally inhibited writer.
Martha and IMartha and I (1990)
Dir. Jiri Weiss
Feat. Michel Piccoli, Marianne Sagebrecht
A touching, humourous yarn from the director's childhood memoirs. He witnesses his eccentric uncle (Michel Piccoli) marry his under–educated…
Match Factory Girl, TheMatch Factory Girl, The (1990)
Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Kati Outinen, Elina Salo
Aki Kaurismaki concludes his "Proletariat Trilogy" with this bleakly ironic fable following the drab fortunes of a factory–worker (Kati…
Men Don't LeaveMen Don't Leave (1990)
Dir. Paul Brickman
Feat. Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange stars as the mother of two precocious sons, forced to adapt to a new environment after losing her husband and their rural home.

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