Subgenre Sampler
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Megacities (1998)
- Dir. Michael Glawogger
- The dir. of WORKINGMAN'S DEATH reveals a global underclass with portraits of poverty and neglect, from Bombay to Moscow to Mexico City.
Some may…
Memory and Desire (1998)
- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Brenda Kendall, Yuri Kinugawa, Norman Forsey
- Director Niki Caro pulls out the art–house stops for her feature debut: a love–story about a mismatched Japanese couple whose honeymoon…
Men with Guns (1998)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Frederico Luppi
- Criminally denied a theatrical release, this masterful study of Third World realities is arguably prolific indie dir. John Sayles most accomplished…
Mercury Rising (1998)
- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin
- Bruce Willis as, you guessed it, a maverick FBI–man, follows this case with a frowning seriousness, cutting the wisecrackery of the DIE HARD…
Merlin (1998)
- Dir. Steve Barron
Feat. Sam Neill, Isabella Rossellini, Rutger Hauer…
- Playing the titular wizard, Sam Neill lends his talents to a well thought–out, monster–filled variation on the King Arthur cycle. Other…
Midnight (O Primeiro Dia) (1998)
- Dir. Walter Salles
Feat. Fernanda Torres, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
- Drama from director Walter Salles (ON THE ROAD) commissioned as part of the "2000, Seen By..." project in which directors from all over the world…
Miss Monday (1998)
- Dir. Benson Lee
Feat. James Hicks, Andrea Hart
- An improving indie thriller sets its improbable but well–realised story around a struggling screenwriter, who sneaks into a woman's apartment…
Moby Dick (1998)
- Dir. Franc Roddam
Feat. Patrick Stewart, Gregory Peck, Henry Thomas…
- Rich re–telling of the ultimate ocean adventure of a fixated captain on a quest to capture a great white whale that took his leg off. A worthy…
Modulations (1998)
- Dir. Iara Lee
- Sub–captioned "Cinema for the Ear", this is an enlightening exposition of electronic music – a marginalised yet broadly significant music…
Mosley (TV Mini-series) (1998)
- Dir. Robert Knights
Feat. Jonathon Cake, Jemma Redgrave, Eric Allan…
- A four–part TV biopic of the famous English fascist Oswald Mosley, who attempted to unite Britain with the Nazis in the 1930s. As 'radical' in…