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Henry VI (1989)
- Dir. Michael Bogdanov
Feat. Barry Stanton, Michael Pennington, June Watson…
- Michael Pennington and The English Shakespeare Company’s internationally acclaimed production of Henry VI – the tragic history of a king who…
Her Alibi (1989)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William (actor) Daniels…
- Clunky rom–com about a novelist who falls in love with a beautiful murder suspect that lazily rests on the charms of its moustachioed leading…
High Hopes (1989)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Phillip Davis, Ruth Sheen
- Mike Leigh's excruciating portrait of a dysfunctional yet typical working–class family surviving in Thatcher's England. The blistering social…
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Rick Moranis
- An inventor inadvertently reduces his and the neighbour's kids to a grasshopper's knee–height. With the help of FX wizardry, they fend for…
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
- Dir. Bruce Robinson
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward
- Richard E. Grant encores for the director of WITHNAIL AND I to play a manic genius ad–man whose conscience rears its ugly head while he…
I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar / Emergency Kisses (1989-1991)
- Dir. Philippe Garrel
Feat. Philippe Garrel
- Two French drama films by Philippe Garrel, both semi–autobiographical in nature: 'I Can No Longer Hear The Guitar' depicts youthful romance in…
I Want To Go Home (1989)
- Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Linda Lavin, Laura Benson
- Satirical French comedy focused on a washed–up American comic artist who reluctantly visits France for an exhibition, only to run into his…
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1989)
- Dir. Keenan Ivory Wayans
Feat. Keenen Wayans, Bernie Casey
- From the "In Living Color" team, this is a riotous send–up of those '70s blaxploitation films. A sort of NAKED GUN meets SHAFT, it's hip and…
Iceman Cometh, The (Time Warriors) (1989)
- Dir. Fok Yiu Leung
Feat. Biao Yuen, Maggie Cheung
- A pair of Ming Dynasty adversaries find themselves defrosted 300 years later in contemporary Hong Kong. Film festival fave combines outrageous farce…
Ilé Aiyé (The House of Life) (1989)
- Dir. David Byrne
- David Byrne documents the Candomblé, the African–influenced spirit cult of the Bahia region of Brazil, exploring the ways in which they have…