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Subgenre Sampler

 
This Year's LoveThis Year's Love (1999)
Dir. David Kane
Feat. Kathy Burke, Jennifer Ehle, Ian Hart
Set amongst the romantic roundelays of 6 thirty–somethings who reside in London's bohemian Camden Town, this comedy has a quirky streak, some…
Venus Beauty InstituteVenus Beauty Institute (Venus Beauty) (1999)
Dir. Tonie Marshall
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Audrey Tautou
A modest beauty salon is the setting for this wry ensemble piece about the vagaries of womanhood, with an engagingly eccentric collection of clients…
Butcher Boy, TheButcher Boy, The (1998) Recommended
Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw
Despairing yet distinctive black comedy depicts the insanity implicit in a boy's view of his small town in Ireland, circa 1962. Adopts a lurid…
Girls' NightGirls' Night (1998) Recommended
Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Julie Walters, Brenda Blethyn
A windfall at the local bingo hall puts air in the wings of forty–something factory gals Julie Walters and Brenda Blethyn, but a wheel of…
Living Out LoudLiving Out Loud (1998) Recommended
Dir. Richard LaGravenese
Feat. Holly Hunter, Queen Latifah, Danny De Vito
Facing up to life without her philandering husband, a nurse (Holly Hunter) forges unlikely friendships with a jazz club chanteuse (Queen Latifah) and…
Polish WeddingPolish Wedding (1998)
Dir. Theresa Connelly
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin, Rade Serbedzija
Laid on incredibly thick, Polish accents and all, this is 'ethnic shtick' writ large with Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin and Rade Serbedzija heading a…
Relax...It's Just SexRelax...It's Just Sex (1998) Recommended
Dir. P.J. Castellaneta
Feat. Mitchell Anderson, T.C. Carson, Lori Petty
Centring around an eclectic group of friends – gay, straight and lesbian – in LA, a struggling gay playwright is desperately looking for…
Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The (1998)
Dir. Sheree Folkson, Kieron Walsh
Feat. Ciaran McMenamin, Simone Lahbib, Nicole Stapleton
Young persons are the target of the whimsical Scottish TV series following the fortunes of an eclectic rock group who go from garage nobodies to gain…
ClockwatchersClockwatchers (1997)
Dir. Jill Sprecher
Feat. Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow
Four office temps band together in an oppressive (and outdated?) corporate environment – too bad they're caricatures: Toni Collette is…
On Connait la ChansonOn Connait la Chanson (Same Old Song) (1997) Recommended
Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azema, Jean-Pierre Bacri
A winner of seven Cesar awards, this light–hearted homage to Dennis Potter applies his musical–cinematic ideas to the…

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