Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
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.…
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…
Speaking Parts (1989)- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Michael McManus, Arsinee Khanjian, Gabrielle Rose - Bizarre and striking work about a video–obssesed laundry worker's fixation on an aspiring actor who in turn has obsessions of his own. A slick…
Spirits of the Air (1989)- Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Norman Boyd, Rhys Davis, Michael Lake - Visually intoxicating, very off–beat tale about three desert eccentrics who build a flying machine. The director went on to make THE CROW in…
Starlight Hotel (1989)
- Dir. Sam Pillsbury
Feat. Greer Robson, Bruce Phillips, Alison Fraser - A young runaway in search of her father and a reluctant fugitive become unlikely partners who manage to keep one step ahead of the police. Shot on…
Steel Magnolias (1989)- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah… - Light comedy–come–tearjerker in which six Southern belles congregate at a beauty salon over several years.
Summer's Lease (TV Mini-series) (1989)- Feat. Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington
- BBC "masterpiece theatre" drama–mystery series set in Tuscany, based on the novel by John Mortimer (RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY) and adapted by the…
Sweetie (1989)- Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos - An unsettling account of a young woman's uncomfortable relationship with her boyfriend and disturbed sister who makes an unexpected visit. Askewed…
Tale of Two Cities, A (Mini-series) (1989)- Dir. Philippe Monnier
Feat. James Wilby, John Mills, Jean-Pierre Aumont… - BBC TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' great, historical novel of the French Revolution, in the shadow of which two, very different men fall for the…
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