Subgenre Sampler
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Pippi Longstocking, New Adventures Of (1988)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan
- Updated feature film version of the mischievous orphan girl, all pigtails, freckles and high spirits.
Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
- Dir. Ron Nyswaner
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Fred Ward, Bonnie Bedelia…
- Fans of Keanu Reeves will find small delight in the hunky one cutting his teeth in this often amusing comedy as a free–spirited teenage misfit.
Pumpkinhead (1988)
- Dir. Stan Winston
Feat. Lance Henriksen
- Trashy directing debut for f/x expert Winston, with Lance Henrikson summoning up a vengeful demon.
Rampage (1988)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Michael Biehn, Alex McArthur, Nicholas Campbell
- This grapples with the psychology of murder and the moral dilemma surrounding the death penalty. A vicious serial killer is prosecuted but how will…
Rikky and Pete (1988)
- Dir. Nadia Tass
Feat. Stephen Kearney, Nina Landis
- A misfit with a penchant for mechanical inventions jaunts with his lost–soul sister to a remote mining village. Quirky fun from the makers of…
Rouge (1988)
- Dir. Stanley Kwan
Feat. Leslie Cheung
- Beautiful, haunting ghost story about a 1930s courtesan whose restless spirit roams modern Hong Kong. Asian stars Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung…
Salome's Last Dance (1988)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns
- Oscar Wilde drops in to witness a risque performance of his own play. A perfect reason for Ken to indulge in opulent overstatement with Glenda…
Salt, Saliva, Sperm & Sweat (1988)
- Dir. Philip Brophy
- Be prepared to be grossed out for this very weird, Warhol–influenced experimental outing from Australia about a day in the life of a frustrated…
School Daze (1988)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn…
- Spike Lee's black high–school musical is perhaps over–ambitious, but the disorder is compensated in sheer exuberance and…
Short Takes: Comedy (1988-1994)
- Dir. Grant Lahood, George Port, William Toepfer
- A prime selection of short and amusing New Zealand films:
The Singing Trophy (Dir. Grant Lahood) 13m.
Valley of the Stereos (Dir. George Port)…