1988 Favourites

Subject to much tinkering, my top ten films of 1988:

1. Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence Davies)

2. High Hopes (Mike Leigh)

3. Miracle Mile (Steve De Jarnatt)

4. Dinner at Noon (Stuart Burge)

5. A Short Film About Killing (Krzysztof Kieślowski)

6. Alice (Jan Švankmajer)

7. Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg)

8. The Vanishing (George Sluizer)

9. Chocolat (Claire Denis)

10. A Short Film About Love (Krzysztof Kieślowski)

Other must-see films:

The Beiderbecke Connection (Alan Bell)

Damnation (Tarr Béla)

A Handful of Dust (Charles Sturridge)

Other yearly favourites.