Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Ring: The Spiral (Rasen) (1998)- Dir. Jôji Iida
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani - The 'lost' first sequel to RINGU, follows on from the tale of the lethal videotape and the demonic Sadako with the rather prosaic solution to the…
Run Lola Run (1998)
- 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 Defense (1998)- 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,…
Show Me Love (Fucking Amal) (1998)- Dir. Lukas Moodysson
Feat. Rebecka Liljeberg, Alexandra Dahlstrom - Vivid depiction of teenage angst and restlessness that became a cause celebre (and box–office hit) in its native Sweden for frank, passionate…
Sicilia! (1998)- Dir. Jean-Marie Straub, Daniele Huillet
- An unnamed man engages in a series of idle discussions with family members and strangers upon his return to Sicily from America in this aesthetically…
Sleepless Town (Fuyajo) (1998)- Dir. Chi-Ngai Lee
Feat. Takeshi Kaneshiro, Sihung Lung, Kathy Chow - Hybridistic pan–Asian thriller set in the 'sleepless' red–light district of Tokyo, where petty crim Kaneshiro must revisit his gangster…
So 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…
Storm Riders, The (1998)- Dir. Wai Keung Lau
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Aaron Kwok - The big Hong Kong hit of '98 – a super–extravagant 'flying swordsman' fantasy that ambitiously distils a popular Manga comic book series…
Taxi (1998)- Dir. Gerard Pirés
Feat. Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal - From writer/producer Luc Besson, this four–wheeled fantasy comedy sets up a speed–freak taxi driver with a cop that can’t drive to…
Terrorist, The (1998)- Dir. Santosh Sivan
Feat. Ayesha Dharkar - Discovered and championed by the actor John Malkovich, this intensely concentrated thriller depicts the hardening and training of 19–yr old…
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