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RoundersRounders (1998) Recommended
Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Malkovich
Once–bitten card sharp Matt Damon is lured into another hand by reckless pal Edward Norton, setting them back on a road paved with suckers,…
Run Lola RunRun Lola Run (1998) Recommended
Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Franke Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu
Runaway foreign–language hit clocks up mileage from a simple conceit – flame–haired punkette Lola has twenty minutes to go like the…
Secret DefenseSecret Defense (1998) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Rivette
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire
A Hitchcockian thriller in which dir. Rivette, better known for his surreal excursions, knowingly toys with the conventions of the suspense genre,…
Shattered ImageShattered Image (1998)
Dir. Raul Ruiz
Feat. William Baldwin, Anne Parillaud, Graham Greene
Dir. Raul Ruiz gives the lurid straight–to–video thriller (a staple of the 90s) an eccentric, if compromised twist, in this sleazy noir…
Snake EyesSnake Eyes (1998)
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise
Morally dubious cops Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise investigate an assassination during a pro–boxing match. Esteemed hack Brian De Palma…
Snow Falling On CedarsSnow Falling On Cedars (1998)
Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Sam Shepard, Max von Sydow
The seemingly perfect conjunction of David Guterson's best–selling novel and dir. Hicks (SHINE), results in a technically magnificent, but…
So Close To ParadiseSo Close To Paradise (Biandan, guniang) (1998)
Dir. Wang Xiaoshuai
Feat. Wang Tong, Shi Yu, Guo Tao
Chinese film set in the city of Wuhan before it was a household name, where two young migrant workers become embroiled in the city's criminal…
Spanish Prisoner, TheSpanish Prisoner, The (1998) Recommended
Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Campbell Scott, Ben Gazzara, Steve Martin
Brain–teasing thriller of the highest order from renowned playwright/auteur David Mamet (HOUSE OF GAMES, OLEANNA), vaunts a Chinese Box…
Stalker's Apprentice, TheStalker's Apprentice, The (1998)
Dir. Marcus D.F. White
Feat. Peter Davison, James Bolam, Kathleen Turner
A book editor uses a writer's manuscript about a serial killer as a template for his own homicidal fantasies in this punchy, at times lurid British…
Such a Long JourneySuch a Long Journey (1998) Recommended
Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Naseeruddin Shah
Set in the turbulent India of 1971, just prior to the war with Pakistan, this artfully fashioned drama centres on the political and personal crises…

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