Lost Highway (1997)

Time, identity and memory are at issue in this cryptic headf-, um, puzzle from David Lynch, one in which a terrifying harlequin mystery man (Robert Blake) taunts jazz saxophonist Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) and his 'other', mechanic Pete Dayton (Balthazar Getty) with cryptic messages that hint at personality schisms and dark fears.

★★★★☆

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Stigmata (1999)

Patricia Arquette stars as the only person in the world who doesn't know from the outset of this light horror movie exactly what is going on - for 90-odd minutes, she thrashes around like a crazy person on a train, at a nightclub, and in a bathtub surrounded by a silly number of candles, having strange visions, repeatedly running out into Pittsburg traffic, and generally trying very hard to fill the time it takes for stigmata to appear one-by-one on her body while her co-stars, Gabriel Byrne and a string of rosary beads, and viewers, wait patiently for the by-the-numbers demon possession story to finish.

★☆☆☆☆

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