24 Reviews
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6 ...a brave and honest performance from professional newcomer Crissy Rock...
6 ...a film about bondage and betrayal, art and freedom and the love which persists between mothers and daughters.
8 Second in the trilogy of Kieslowski's films about the three big ideas underpinning the French tricolour, this is by far the most playful and accessible of all his films to date.
6 It's the sparky dialogue and slick imagery which really grab the attention...
6 ...a British movie which is neither an adaptation of Shakespeare nor a fluffy period drama, and for that we may be grateful.
6 Finney, in fine form, hams it up wonderfully, reason enough to give this one a try.
6 A deceptively bright comedy of manners set in a sub-David Lynchian suburb of Sydney...
6 ...a highly original and surprisingly unsentimental portrait of an old-fashioned immigrant patriarch.
6 ...there is thankfully no reduction in [Hal Hartley's] imaginatively surreal romantic plotting or his ear for off-kilter dialogue.
6 ...[a] powerful film that is held together by Bird's elegant direction.
8 ...this collection of visionary fragments presents a kaleidoscopic view of London as a terminal city besieged by literary voices, ancestral whispers and IRA bombs.
8 The central performances (...) spark like an electrical charge, and the harsh examination of L.A. micro-mall culture gives it a snazzy, juicy look.
8 Exquisitely shot, superbly acted and deftly written, this is easily one of the best arthouse films of the nineties.
8 ...a witty, stylish and imaginative variation on the vampire movie.
8 ...an intelligent treatment of America's fame-obsessed culture, sliding into home base with some sharp edits and an energetic and powerful soundtrack.
8 It's possible to look back now and see Jarmusch's first feature as the period piece it always wanted to be.
6 Returning from a trip across Armenia with his wife and a guide, a filmmaker analyses the breakdown of his marriage.
6 ...it's still worth watching for Bridges' sensitive performance.
8 One of those warm, witty and engaging romantic comedies that the French manage to make so well...
6 Former pop promo director Sena knows how to give a glossy sheen to the blank surfaces and rough edges of roadside America...
6 ...this remains an auspicious enough debut.
8 ...Loach sticks to doing what he knows best and does it well.
8 Despite some gags which use the benefit of hindsight too much for their own good, this is a smart piece of filmmaking which suggests Linklater is already one of the more formidable talents of the 90s.
10 The central conceit of boy-meets-girl-has-mutant-baby is still the stuff of American Gothic nightmares and Lynch's repertoire of soft squelches (...) and panicky gestures remains an enduring archetype of puritan sexual disgust.