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Twin Peaks - Season 1 (TV Series)Twin Peaks - Season 1 (TV Series) (1990) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Lynch, Various
Feat. Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick
An eccentric, mystical FBI agent arrives in a small Pacific Northwest town to investigate the murder of a young high school girl. Iconic, influential…
Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, TheCook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, The (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tim Roth, Michael Gambon
Greenaway combines the best elements of his previous work into one illustrious concoction of charcoal humour, explicit violence, awe–inspiring…
Drugstore CowboyDrugstore Cowboy (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham
A stylised yet vivid journey into the lives of a group of sympathetic, drug–addicted youths in the early '70s. A high point in the career…
Firm, TheFirm, The (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Gary Oldman, Phillip Davis
Another of dir. Clarke’s essential forays into the vicious subcultures of Britain, here a ‘firm’ of football hooligans led by real estate agent…
Down by LawDown by Law (1988) Recommended
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…
Heat and SunlightHeat and Sunlight (1988)
Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Rob Nilsson, Consuela Faust
This film documents the final, agonising hours of a love affair between a man and his exotic dancer girlfirend. An intriguing, erotic oddity with…
Crazy LoveCrazy Love (Love Is a Dog from Hell) (1987) Aro Favourite
Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Josse De Pauw, Geert Hunaerts, Michael Pas
Superlative tragicomedy based on the work of Charles Bukowski is told in three parts – pre–pubescence, acne plagued teenagehood and…
Track 29Track 29 (1987)
Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gary Oldman, Theresa Russell, Christopher Lloyd
Purporting to be her long–lost son, sleazoid Gary Oldman materialises out of Theresa Russell's alcoholic haze, as husband Christopher Lloyd…
Sid and NancySid and Nancy (1986)
Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb
Pretty grim portrait of the life and times of Sex Pistol Sid Vicious and his girlfriend. Both are stunningly personified by Gary Oldman and Chloe…
InsignificanceInsignificance (1985)
Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gary Busey, Tony Curtis, Theresa Russell
Curious chamber piece intriguingly posits Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe, Joseph McCarthy and Albert Einstein as characters who meet in a hotel room in…

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