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Subgenre Sampler

 
Belt, TheBelt, The (La Cintura) (1989)
Dir. Giuliana Gamba
Feat. James Russo
American teacher James Russo embarks on an affair with a beautiful Italian woman in Rome, which gets interesting when she buys him a belt... to whip…
Beyond GravityBeyond Gravity (1989)
Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Iain Rea, Robert Pollock
Gay romance blossoms for a astronomy–obsessed technician when he encounters a free–spirited Italian.
Black RainBlack Rain (Kuroi Ame) (1989) Recommended
Dir. Shohei Imamura
Feat. Yoshiko Tanaka, Katzuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara
Alarming, mournful insider's view of post–nuclear devastation that focuses on a surviving family that have been contaminated by the fallout of…
BlazeBlaze (1989)
Dir. Ron Shelton
Feat. Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Richard Jenkins
Paul Newman plays flamboyant Southern governor Earl Long, who was scandalized over a love affair with an exotic dancer (Lolita Davidovich, in a…
Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Series)Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Series) (1989) Recommended
Dir. Philip Saville
Feat. Bernard Hill
Alan Bleasdale's series of plays vividly encapsulates the bleaker side of life in Thatcher's Liverpool. Beginning with the feature–length…
Circus BoysCircus Boys (1989)
Dir. Kaizo Hayashi
Feat. Hiroshi Mikami, Moe Kamura, Shu Ken
Sumptuous film blends illusion and reality in contrasting the paths of two brothers from a circus family, one an idealist who attempts to rejuvenate…
City of Sadness, ACity of Sadness, A (Beiging Chengsi) (1989) Recommended
Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Hsin Shu-fen, Chen Sown-yung
The first of the director’s trilogy of films about the modern history of Taiwan, here depicting the unstable post–WW2 period through the eyes…
Come In Spinner (TV Mini-series)Come In Spinner (TV Mini-series) (1989)
Dir. Robert Marchand
Feat. Lisa Harrow, Rebecca Gibney, Gary Day
Something of an Australian TV classic, this revolves around three women working in a Sydney beauty salon during the closing years of WW2 and the…
Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, TheCook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tim Roth, Michael Gambon
Greenaway combines the best elements of his previous work into one illustrious concoction of charcoal humour, explicit violence, awe–inspiring…
Crimes and MisdemeanorsCrimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Mia Farrow
Premium Woody Allen combines the best of his comedic and dramatic worlds. Martin Landau, Anjelica Huston, Mia Farrow and Woody himself do justice to…

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