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Short Takes: Dark TalesShort Takes: Dark Tales (1988-1994)
Dir. Scott Reynolds, Simon Bare, Don McGlashan
A choice selection of short and shady New Zealand films: Game With No Rules (Dir. Scott Reynolds) 17m. Eau De La Vie (Dir. Simon Bare) 13m. The…
Tenth Man, TheTenth Man, The (1988)
Dir. Jack Gold, Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Brenda Bruce, Derek Jacobi
A measured TV–movie adaptation of the novel by Graham Greene about a French lawyer who saves himself from being executed during the Nazi…
Tequila SunriseTequila Sunrise (1988)
Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer
Wandering yet amiable thriller replicates the trashy romanticism of Old Hollywood, with drug–dealer Mel Gibson trying to go straight under the…
Vanishing, TheVanishing, The (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. George Sluzier
Feat. Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Berroets, Johanna Ter Steege
A genuinely creepy psychological thriller – a woman vanishes while on holiday in France, later her boyfriend is taunted in a battle of wits…
Windmills of the GodsWindmills of the Gods (1988)
Dir. Lee Phillips
Feat. Jaclyn Smith, Robert Wagner, Ian McKellen
As the Cold War rages, the president names Professor Mary Ashley as the new Ambassador to Romania. Mike Slade is appointed to be her assistant. As…
Without A ClueWithout A Clue (1988)
Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones
A nicely contrived send–up of the Sherlock Holmes stories, with Kingsley playing Doctor Watson, who in fact has invented the character of…
21 Jump Street (TV Series)21 Jump Street (TV Series) (1987-1991)
Feat. Johnny Depp, Frederic Forrest, Peter DeLuise
Iconic, lightly–rendered youth thriller series, in which four young–looking undercover cops infiltrate high schools to expose various…
After PilkingtonAfter Pilkington (1987) Recommended
Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. Bob Peck, Miranda Richardson, Barry Foster
The exhilirating complications and barbed wit of Simon Gray's stageplay survive this BBC thriller, about an Oxford professor (Bob Peck) drawn into a…
Angel DustAngel Dust (1987)
Dir. Edouard Niermans
Feat. Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Fanny Cottencon
Accomplished thriller in the film noir tradition about an out–of–luck cop who falls for a woman he later begins to suspect of murder.
Angel HeartAngel Heart (1987) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Charlotte Rampling
Things get increasingly bizarre for Mickey Rourke as a sleazy P.I. on the trail of a mysterious jazz singer. Genuinely creepy American gothic carries…

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