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One Night Stand *** (1997, Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Robert Downey Jr, Kyle MacLachlan) – Classic Movie Review 5434

Unfaithfully married LA ad director Max (Wesley Snipes) tries to sort out the mess of his life after he has a sexy one night stand with Karen (Nastassja Kinski) in director Mike Figgis’s well-acted and […]

May, 11

Sweet as You Are **** (1987, Miranda Richardson, Liam Neeson, Alex Pakenham) – Classic Movie Review 5,235

Angela Pope’s urgent 1987 British TV drama film Sweet as You Are stars Liam Neeson as a married college lecturer who finds out that he is carrying the HIV virus after a one night stand […]

Apr, 02

Blue **** (1993, voices of Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, John Quentin, Nigel Terry) – Classic Movie Review 5022

Writer-director Derek Jarman’s 1993 twelfth and final feature film is a complex meditation on the nature of AIDS with a soundtrack but no visuals. The featureless saturated blue screen serves as an ambient backdrop to […]

Feb, 13

Savage Nights [Les Nuits Fauves] **** (1992, Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Carlos López) – Classic Movie Review 3635

‘I feel I’m going through life like an American tourist, doing as many towns as possible.’ – Jean. Writer-director Cyril Collard stars as the bisexual HIV-positive film-maker Jean in his own promising movie Savage Nights [Les […]

May, 01

The Cure **** (1995, Joseph Mazzello, Brad Renfro, Annabella Sciorra, Diana Scarwid) – Classic Movie Review 3517

Director Peter Horton’s poignant 1995 drama is an outstanding little gem. Brad Renfro stars as loner Erik who finds a little older and much bigger best friend in his next door neighbour Dexter (Joseph Mazzello), an 11-year-old […]

Apr, 03

Longtime Companion **** (Campbell Scott, Dermot Mulroney, Bruce Davison, Stephen Caffrey) – Classic Movie Review 1531

Director Norman René’s heart-rending 1990 drama is a trailblazer as the first mainstream feature to tell the story of how the AIDS epidemic affected America’s gay community in the 80s. It centres on a small circle […]

Aug, 10

Playing by Heart (1998, Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Angelina Jolie, Gena Rowlands, Ryan Phillippe, Jay Mohr, Dennis Quaid) – Classic Film Review 977

Couples encounter love lost and found in Los Angeles in director Willard Carroll’s intelligent, starry, feel-good 1998 conversation piece, with the concept (11 articulate people work through affairs of the heart in LA) and dialogue […]

Mar, 24

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