Land and Freedom - Bilingual film about the Spanish Civil War, starring Ian Hart as an unemployed Liverpudlian who goes to fight the fascists. This is a powerful film, from the amateurishness of the foreign recruits to discussions on how to form a socialist government and the eventual messy tragedy of the war's end.

Blue Velvet - Kyle MacLachlan plays amateur detective in small town America gone wrong.  This film comes complete with masochistic nightclub singer Isabella Rossellini and evil Frank played by Dennis Hopper.  A classic tale.

Dune - Lynch's only foray into sci-fi and perhaps inadvisedly so.  However, he manages to extract some sense from the plot, plus of course, the usual weirdness.

Wild at Heart - With Nicholas Cage and snakeskin jacket, which apparently is a symbol of his individuality.  Unfortunately, his official co-star is Laura Dern, turning in her usual B-movie performance.  This film has "many levels" seeing as it covers road movies, The Wizard of Oz, and spooky film noire close-ups of people lighting cigarettes.  Definitely a smoker's film.

Lost Highway - Starring Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman, this film deals with altered identities and questions morality in a uniquely surreal way. Can't remember the plot, though.

The Straight Story - Life is almost stranger than Lynch's fiction in this account of an old man's quest to bury the hatchet with his brother. Nothing odd about that, except that he goes by lawnmower. I kid you not.

Truly, Madly, Deeply - Alan Rickman plays a ghost who helps his wife to come to terms with life after his death. Soppy, but well played.

Withnail and I - Starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann, it was made for peanuts by the same director as How to Get Ahead in Advertising.  The year is 1969 and the leads play two broke and drunken actors living in London who decide to go for "a relaxing weekend in the country" with devastating results.  Grant plays a first class sarcastic drunk, with McGann playing the sensitive sidekick who learns to kick back.

Sexo, pudor y lágrimas - A refreshingly new Mexican film taking a look at three different kinds of men and women and their relationships. Demián Bichir in particular is excellent in this film.