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Four Days (2001): Dir. Curtis Wehrfritz
Feat. Colm Meaney, Lolita Davidovich, Kevin Zegers…; This accomplished 'existential thriller', based on 60s crime novel by John Buell, fuses genre conventions with weightier concerns about loneliness…
Finding Graceland (1999): Dir. David Winkler
Feat. Johnathon Schaech, Harvey Keitel, Bridget Fonda; Heartbroke Johnathon Schaech is speeding away from his ex–wife when he picks up Harvey Keitel, an Elvis impersonator who takes his…
Siam Sunset (1999): Dir. John Polson
Feat. Linus Roache, Danielle Cormack; Bright brain candy that puts a surreal, antipodean tilt on road–movie/black comedy familiarities, with dazed Brit Linus Roache suffering an…
Niagara Niagara (1997): Dir. Bob Gosse
Feat. Robin Tunney, Henry Thomas, Michael Parks…; If you have the stamina to hit the road again with another pair of white–trash, gun–crazy young lovers (who meet while shoplifting), this…
True Love and Chaos (1997): Dir. Stavros Andonis Efthymiou
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Noah Taylor, Miranda Otto; A half–baked script straight out of the same Melbourne film school that produced LOVE & OTHER CATASTROPHES leaves an Aussie brat–pack…
Get On the Bus (1996): Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Glover, Will Smith, Wesley Snipes; A highly combustible mixed–bag of black men journey by bus to the Million Man March in Washington DC, a march of affirmation for a troubled…
Mad Love (1995): Dir. Antonia Bird
Feat. Chris O'Donnell, Drew Barrymore; An apple–pie American boy (Chris O'Donnell) hightails it with free–spirit wild child Drew Barrymore, an ex–hospital patient who is…
Molom (1995): Dir. Marie Jaoul De Poncheville
Feat. Molom Tseded, Yonden Yondejunai; Mystical travelogue of a spiritual nomad/shaman who comes to earth as an eagle, then traverses the breathtaking landscapes of rural Mongolia as the…
Spider and Rose (1994): Dir. Bill Bennett
Feat. Ruth Cracknell, Max Cullen; A light Ozzie road movie about a special friendship between her elderly widow and a rebellious young ambulance driver entrusted to escort her home.…
Absent Without Leave (1992): Dir. John Laing
Feat. Craig McLauchlan; Craig McLauchlan from Neighbours stars as a love–struck newly–wed on the run from the army during WW2. Slight nostalgia with lots of…
Leaving Normal (1992): Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Christine Lahti, Meg Tilly; Post–THELMA AND LOUISE female–bonding drama with the ever–likeable Christine Lahti and Meg Tilly, who abandon their lives of…
Bright Angel (1991): Dir. Michael Fields
Feat. Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard…; Sombre mid–western road movie avoids genre cliches and maintain its grip once it takes hold.
Merci La Vie (1991): Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anouk Grinberg; Two young girls bond on a magical, mysterious tour played out against shifts in time, from the present to Occupied France. The audacious mix of ideas…
Mark II (1987): Dir. John Anderson; Three unemployed Maori youth embark on a bumpy ride south in their Mark II Ford Zephyr. The young novice actors exude charm and raw energy that…
Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty, The (1971): Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Arthur Brauss; Enigmatic tale of a maturing goalkeeper who abandons his soccer team and ambles about Germany. Dir. Wender's typical sketchbook narrative provides…
Wanda (1970): Dir. Barbara Loden
Feat. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins; The sole writing/directing credit of Barbara Loden, whose command of verite storytelling is matched by her own astonishing performance as a feckless…
Rain People, The (1969): Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. James Caan; A woman hits the road to escape her suffocating marriage, but finds her new circumstances no more satisfactory. A thought–provoker from…

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