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Subgenre Sampler

 
GuinevereGuinevere (2001)
Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea
Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…
My Mother FrankMy Mother Frank (2000)
Dir. Mark Lamprell
Feat. Sinead Cusack, Sam Neill, Sacha Horler
Sober comedy with an 'it's never too late' theme, is nicely done despite some rather convenient plotting. Mother and widow Sinead Cusack decides…
ShowerShower (Xizhao) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Zhang Yang
Feat. Pu Cunxin, Zhu Xu
A popular success with international audiences, this Chinese comedy is centred around a modern–day bathhouse in Beijing without a…
Beautiful PeopleBeautiful People (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jasmin Dizdar
Feat. Rosalind Ayres, Julian Firth, Bobby Williams
Set in London 1993 when the Balkan Wars were in full flight, this lively, panoramic drama reaches its ambitions in witnessing turbulence of the…
Elephant JuiceElephant Juice (1999)
Dir. Sam Miller
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Sean Gallagher, Daniel Lapaine
The makers of the cult late–night TV–series ‘This Life’, extract a similar blend of drama, ennui and pathos from the lives of…
I'm Losing You (1999)
Dir. Bruce Wagner
Feat. Frank Langella, Andrew McCarthy, Elizabeth Perkins
Hollywood 'commentator' Bruce Wagner (WILD PALMS) directs his own novel inter–connecting the rather plaintive lives of well–heeled Los…
L.A. Without a MapL.A. Without a Map (1999)
Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. David Tennant, Vincent Gallo, Julie Delpy
A young Scottish undertaker (Tennant) follows an aspiring American actress back to La–la land, where he competes with the shallow excesses and…
MifuneMifune (1999)
Dir. Soren Kragh-Jacobson
Feat. Iben Hjejle, Anders W Berthelsen, Jesper Asholt
The third Dogma 95 film is in many ways as traditional a European romantic comedy as you could come across, a breezy and smart take on a yuppie…
Playing by Heart (1999)
Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson
Ambitious multi–character film along the lines of SHORT CUTS, likewise set in the varying social strata of Los Angeles, but infused with…
Siam SunsetSiam Sunset (1999)
Dir. John Polson
Feat. Linus Roache, Danielle Cormack
Bright brain candy that puts a surreal, antipodean tilt on road–movie/black comedy familiarities, with dazed Brit Linus Roache suffering an…

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