Subgenre Sampler
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
- Dir. Terence Davies
Feat. Lorraine Ashbourne, Jean Boht, Pete Postlethwaite - Dream–like autobiographical vignettes of the director's good and bad memories of growing up in wartime Liverpool. Little narrative structure,…
Dominick and Eugene (1988)- Dir. Robert M Young
Feat. Ray Liotta, Tom Hulce, Jamie Lee Curtis - Ray Liotta cares for his autistic twin brother Tom Hulce in this affecting drama.
Down by Law (1988)- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni, John Lurie - Three disparate misfits become friends after sharing an escape from a crummy Southern jail. Art and humour rarely mix better than in this eccentric…
Dragons Forever (1988)- Dir. Sammo Hung, Corey Yuen
Feat. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen - Final martial–arts rumble for the 'three brothers' team of Chan, Hung and Biao (see PROJECT–A), here playing three spokes in a nefarious…
Dreaming, The (1988)- Dir. Mario Andreacchio
Feat. Arthur Dignam, Penny Cook, Gary Sweet - A supernatural oddity in which a doctor treats a sick aborigine, who had defied a tribal taboo and visited a sacred cave. The doctor soon finds…
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey… - Under–rated campy musical about a trio of goofy aliens (incl. Jim Carrey in an early role) who crash–land in Geena Davis's swimming pool.
Echoes (TV Mini-series) (1988)- Dir. Barbara Rennie
Feat. Siobhan Garahy, Robert Hines, Geraldine James… - Set in Ireland in the 1950's, this picturesque romance traces the life of a small town girl whose dreams of escape come true when she wins a…
Edens Lost (TV Mini-series) (1988)- Dir. Neil Armfield
Feat. Julia Blake, Linda Cropper - A melancholy dramatic saga set in rural Australia around the growing knowledge of a teenage boy from Sydney, staying with mysterious landed relatives…
Elvira (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) (1988)- Dir. James Signorelli
Feat. Cassandra Peterson, Jeff Conaway, Edie McClurg… - High camp fun with real–life cult horror movie host Elvira, in her first acting role. Canny blend of tongue–in–cheek innuendo and…
Essential Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire, Tango, My Best Friend) (1988-2006)- Dir. Patrice Leconte
- Three modern French classics from the Patrice Leconte oeuvre.
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