Film Festivals 1986
A fine program here including the quirky "Can She Bake A Cherry Pie", the controversial "Hail Mary", Albert Brooks' extistential road movie "Lost in America", a rush of fresh air in the form of "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure", the instant cult classic "Repo Man" and Luc Besson's strange hybrid "Subway" (right).
Repo Man (Blu-ray) (1984)
6.9/10
Director: Alex Cox
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Vonetta McGee, Sy Richardson, Tracey Walter
Young L.A. punk Emilio Estevez gets an indoctrination into the sleazy world of car repossession by "repo man" Harry Dean Stanton in director Alex Cox'... Read more
Subway (1985)
6.6/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Reno, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Gal...
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a successful safecracker who needs to find a hideout after robbing the wealthy and well-connected Helena (Isabelle Adjan... Read more
Subway ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
6.6/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Reno, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Gal...
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a successful safecracker who needs to find a hideout after robbing the wealthy and well-connected Helena (Isabelle Adjan... Read more
Sweet Dreams (1985)
7.1/10
Director: Karel Reisz
Starring: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth
The true story of Patsy Cline, the gifted, fun-loving queen of Nashville sound, charting the most dramatic years of her efforts to become a top countr... Read more
The Fourth Man (1984)
7.3/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Jeroen Krabbe, Renee Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman
Paul Verhoeven's surprise hit is a roller-coaster ride through forbidden sensual pleasure in the context of a kinky thriller. The three men in Christi... Read more
The Funeral (1996)
6.6/10
Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra
Fashioned around organised crime in the 30's, where the families of two surviving brothers (Christopher Walken and Chris Penn) come together at the un... Read more
The Man With Two Brains (1983)
6.4/10
Director: Carl Reiner
Starring: Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner
Steve Martin stars in this very amusing takeoff of the 1950s horror sci-fi Bs as a scientist involved with two women - a nasty wife and a sweet patien... Read more
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1984)
7.7/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest
Mia Farrow stars as a waifish Depression-era waitress who is swept off her feet by Jeff Daniels, the star of her favorite movie. The catch, of course,... Read more
The Shooting Party (1984)
7/10
Director: Alan Bridges
Starring: James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud
An all-star British cast is featured in this complex film about the personalities, intrigues and conflicts that happen in the course of a weekend shoo... Read more
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
7.9/10
Director: Emir Kusturica
Starring: Moreno D'e Bartolli, Miki Manojlovic
Celebrated Balkan filmmaker Emir Kusturica won his first Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's highest honour, for this exuberant portrait of 1950s Y... Read more