Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder - Average teaming of Wilder and Pryor as a deaf man and a blind man on the lam. The high obscene–language level doesn't yield much comic results.
Send a Gorilla (1989)- Dir. Melanie Read
Feat. Carmel McGlone, Katherine McRae, Perry Piercy - Valentine's Day spells chaos for three women who run a singing telegram company. A whimsical comedy set and filmed on location here in Wellington.
Seventh Continent, The (1989)
- Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Birgit Doll - The disintegration of a seemingly content, middle–class family is at the center of this chilling domestic autopsy; a clinical and cynical…
Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. James Spader, Peter Gallagher, Andie MacDowell… - Palm d'or winning exploration of modern sexuality concerns an enigmatic drifter who affects the dysfunctional lives of an old college pal, his wife…
Shadow Makers (Fat Man and Little Boy) (1989)- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia… - An informative (if only really adequate) dramatisation of the Manhattan Project, which produced the A–Bomb in the New Mexico desert during WW2.…
Shakers, The (1989)- Dir. Ken Burns
- Documentary about the religion often characterised by their ecstatic dancing, pacifism and belief in non–conventional medicine. Ken Burns…
She's Been Away (1989)- Dir. Peter Hall
Feat. Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox - After a lifetime in mental institutions, an elderly Peggy Ashcroft is released into the care of her liberal nephew James Fox. A disarming and…
She-Devil (1989)- Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Meryl Streep, Roseanne, Ed Jr. Begley… - A stylised comic treatment of Fay Weldon's dark novel with Rosanne Barr exacting ultimate retribution on husband–stealing rich–bitch…
Shirley Valentine (1989)- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Pauline Collins, Tom Conti - Pauline Collins adapts her stage role for the screen and the result is an unqualified success. You'll take delight in witnessing her rediscover her…
Siesta (1989)- Dir. Mary Lambert
Feat. Ellen Barkin, Jodie Foster, Gabriel Byrne… - An enigmatic, arty thriller with a terrific cast, gorgeous lensing and Miles Davis soundtrack. Possibly meaningless, but a pleasure to watch the cast…
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