One of Stone’s stronger works, this recreation of the 1960s American struggle for freedom amid the turmoil of the Vietnam War is at best fervent and emotional.
Continue reading →
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Continue reading →
Tag / 1989
Continue reading →
Last Crusade, The (1989)
Spielberg’s strong morality tale against greed is as spectacular as it is funny – my favourite of the Indiana Jones films.
Continue reading →
Seventh Continent, The (1989)
A solid, uncompromising theatrical debut by Haneke, one that would see the auteur continue to shock and challenge audiences in different ways for the next two decades.
Continue reading →
Do the Right Thing (1989)
A cultural touchstone in modern American cinema, Spike Lee’s breakthrough tell-it-as-it-is treatment of racism is even more sobering to view more than 30 years later.
Continue reading →
I Want to Go Home (1989)
An under-appreciated oddball of a film by Alain Resnais that dabbles with US-French cultural idiosyncrasies as well as the tension between popular culture and intellectual scholarship.
Continue reading →
Mystery Train (1989)
An essential early work of Jarmusch, this is a cinematic hymn to Memphis city’s rich musical history, filmed as a connecting triptych of oddball characters of various nationalities over the course of one day and night in this ‘ghost town’.
Continue reading →
Killer, The (1989)
This is a top-tier ‘heroic bloodshed’ picture by John Woo—a masterclass in action filmmaking with that rare commitment to pathos.
City of Sadness, A (1989)
Continue reading →This historical epic about post-WWII Taiwan is one of Hou’s most ambitious and encompassing works, and also his first true masterpiece.
