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Kurosawa's DreamsKurosawa's Dreams (1990)
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Martin Scorsese
Opinions vary wildly over this sequence of eight re–enactments of Akira's very own dreams – stunning photography and subtle use of…
LambadaLambada (1990)
Dir. Joel Silberg
Feat. J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Adolfo Quinones
A "dance–ploitation" drama produced by the gloriously low–brow Cannon Films to cash in on the suggestive South American Lambada dance…
Life and Nothing ButLife and Nothing But (1990)
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azema
Philippe Noiret plays a Missing–in–Action chief officer whose obsession to account for the anonymous casualties of WW1 draws him to a…
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.

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