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Subgenre Sampler

 
White Hunter, Black HeartWhite Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, in the character role of his career, portrays an eccentric, stubborn film–maker determined to bag an elephant before filming in…
White PalaceWhite Palace (1990) Recommended
Dir. Luis Mandoki
Feat. James Spader, Susan Sarandon
An uptight yuppie unwittingly falls in love with a 43–year–old hamburger waitress. James Spader and Susan Sarandon are perfectly…
Women and Men: Stories of SeductionWomen and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Dir. Ken Russell, Tony Richardson, Frederic Raphael
Feat. James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Peter Weller
Three stories of love from the pens of famous Americans, in the hands of three great directors.
YaabaYaaba (1990)
Dir. Idrissa Ouedraogo
Feat. Fatimata Sanga, Noufou Ouedraogo, Roukietou Barry
All–too–rare African film to emerge on Western shores is a simple delight about a friendship between a 12–year–old boy and an…
A Dry White SeasonA Dry White Season (1989)
Dir. Euzhan Palcy
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando
Enraged by the brutal, senseless murder of his black gardener’s son by a racist ‘special policeman’, a South African schoolteacher (Sutherland)…
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.…
A World Without PityA World Without Pity (Un Monde Sans Pitie) (1989)
Dir. Eric Rochant
Feat. Hippolyte Girardot, Mireille Perrier, Yvan Attal
A young Parisian slacker falls in love with an ambitious, bright student but finds the tables turning on his egocentric existence. Rochant's debut…
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series)Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) (1989-2002) Recommended
Feat. David Suchet
Solid TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's series of detective novels featuring the fussily eccentric Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he goes about…
AlwaysAlways (1989)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, Holly Hunter
Heartwarming fantasy about a deceased pilot whose spirit returns to help his best friend pursue the same career and lady.
Around the World in 80 Days (TV Mini-series)Around the World in 80 Days (TV Mini-series) (1989)
Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Peter Ustinov
Mostly delightful version of Jules Verne's light adventure yarn, in which Phileas Fogg (Brosnan) attempts the titular feat for a bet. More complete…

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