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Subgenre Sampler

 
Me Without YouMe Without You (2001)
Dir. Sandra Goldbacher
Feat. Anna Friel, Kyle MacLachlan, Oliver Milburn
Growing up on the outskirts of 1970s London, Anna Friel and Michelle Williams make a friendship–pact that helps them through the sex, drugs and…
Wild IrisWild Iris (2001)
Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Laura Linney, Fred Ward
Superior tele drama that cultivates a convincingly dysfunctional relationship between mother Gena Rowlands and daughter Laura Linney, returning home…
Day I Became a Woman, TheDay I Became a Woman, The (2000)
Dir. Marziyeh Meshkini
Feat. Fatemeh Cherag Akhur, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh
A trio of strong metaphorical tales that outline three aspects of “a woman’s lot” in contemporary Iran, with humour and cinematic…
Me You ThemMe You Them (Eu Tu Eles) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Andrucha Waddington
Feat. Regina Case, Lima Duarte, Stenio Garcia
Set in the arid hinterlands of Brazil, this serio–comic study of rural polyandry has Regina Case (Brazil’s Oprah Winfrey) hitch up three…
Cooler Climate, ACooler Climate, A (1999)
Dir. Susan Seidelman
Feat. Sally Field, Judy Davis
Exploring the emotional climate between newly–separated Sally Field and her new boss, rich–bitch Judy Davis, this small–scale drama…
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…
Destiny of Her Own, A (Dangerous Beauty) (1998)
Dir. Marshall Herskovitz
Feat. Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell
Historical romance that profits from a sensuous 16th century Venetian setting, as the low–prospect Catherine McCormack opts for the tradeoffs…
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…
Price Above Rubies, A (1998)
Dir. Boaz Yakin
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Julianne Margulies
Sincere though meddlesome attempt to depict life in the closed society of Hasidic Judaism, finds it hard to measure up to dir. Boaz Yakin's…
All Over MeAll Over Me (1997)
Dir. Alex Sichel
Feat. Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser
A lesbian festival hit that has 'crossover' hit written all over it, as it persuasively pinpoints some of the universal, intense emotions of…

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