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Blade Runner – The Director’s Cut
Blade Runner, from 1982, is now recognised as a pioneering, influential film and has been admired even in avant-garde film circles. It was a classic…Published on: -
Finally Destroy Us
Different kinds of images are used to create a picture of a relationship that has ended. We see archive footage with youths diving, bodies and…Published on: -
Smoke
Smoke tells the story of three days in the life of a young gay named Michael who lives in New York City. He is an…Published on: -
What Happened to Pete?
Steve Buscemi’s star is rising fast. In Rotterdam this is clear form his striking roles in Reservoir Dogs (being screened as a Critics’ Choice) and…Published on: -
Zebrahead
Zach is Jewish, but for his black co-students, he is above all a spoilt white kid. When he falls in love with a black girl,…Published on: -
O no coronado!
In 1992, ‘Year of Columbus’, the film industry tried its best to link the story of Christopher Columbus to the grandeur of the United States.…Published on: -
Johnny Got His Gun
Soldier returns from the war an invalid. Johnny can no longer talk, see or feel. The film portrays his inner life.Published on: -
Identities
Identities examines the importance of silences in communication; those moments when a person is formulating and remembering what they are about to say. The silence…Published on: -
Skullfuck
Matias Viegener, Decontrolled Boundaries: The Body as Artifact: ‘Skullfuck takes the dynamic of the mind/body split to an outrageous resolution. Playing on the human head,…Published on: -
The Contenders
The Contenders is a tragi-comedy about the dreams and aspirations of two immigrants from Rumania, Tony Menescu and Ivo Popescu, who have come to the…Published on: