Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3343 Films to Buy & Rent
Cobra Verde (1988)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Klaus Kinski
- Klaus Kinski stars for the last time for Herzog as another doomed outcast in an alien environment. West Africa is portrayed as a cruel, highly…
Damnation (Karhozat) (1988)
- Dir. Bela Tarr
Feat. Miklós B. Székely, Vali Kerekes, Gyula Pauer
- A magnificent representation of the earlier feature films of Hungarian master of miserabilism Béla Tarr, telling the story of a lonely barfly who…
Decalogue - Parts 1 - 5 (Dekalog) (1988)
- Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
- The Polish master's extraordinary series of hour–long dramas, each pertaining to one of the ten commandments. He matches the high concept with…
Decalogue - Parts 6 - 10 (Dekalog) (1988)
- Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
- Continuing Kieslowski's exemplary series of hour–long dramas, with a further five 'commandments'.
Episodes:
Dekalog 6 – "Thou Shalt…
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…
Essential Patrice Leconte (Monsieur Hire, Tango, My Best Friend) (1988-2006)
- Dir. Patrice Leconte
- Three modern French classics from the Patrice Leconte oeuvre.
Flaming Brothers (Jiang hu long hu men) (1988)
- Dir. Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Alan Tang, Pat Ha
- Two close friends from the island of Macao (Tang and Yun–Fat) become dangerously involved in the Chinese triads through decades of prosperity…
Hanussen (1988)
- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Klaus Maria Brandauer adds to his list of distinctive roles in this allegedly true tale of an Austrian soldier who recovers from shotgun wounds and…
I'm the King of the Castle (1988)
- Dir. Regis Wargnier
Feat. Jean Rochefort, Dominic Blanc, Regis Arpin
- The young sons of a rich widowed industrialist and his house matron enter into an increasingly dangerous power play as their parents become close.…
Kingsajz (Kingsize) (1988)
- Locked inside an abandoned library basement, tiny dwarfs work hard to maintain their all–male dwarf commune.
When a scientist synthesizes…