Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3375 Films to Buy & Rent
Kids Return (1996)
- Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Ando Masanobu, Kaneko Ken
- Two feckless delinquents discover the local boxing–gym, which provides inspiration for one and an entry into a yakuza gang for the other.…
King of Masks, The (1996)
- Dir. Tianming Wu
Feat. Zhu Xu
- Touching paternal tale, in the Chinese mainland tradition, concerning an aging street performer determined to pass on his technique to a young…
Kolya (1996)
- Dir. Jan Sverak
Feat. Zdenek Sverak, Andrei Chalimon
- A beautifully sentimental Oscar winner for Best Foreign film – set during the 1988 Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia, when a…
Lady Ninja: Reflections of Darkness (1996)
- Dir. Masaru Tsushima
Feat. Yuka Ohnishi, Tetsuo Kurata, Rina Kitahara
- Snappy example of the Martial Sex–Arts sub–genre, with a gang of 'Lady Ninjas' hired by a lascivious Emperor to wipe–out his royal…
Lars von Trier Collection (Breaking the Waves, Tranceformer, The Idiots) (1996-1998)
- Dir. Lars Von Trier
- Three provocative Lars von Trier films from the director's 'Dogme' phase. Includes the documentary 'Tranceformer – A Portrait of Lars von…
Libertarias (1996)
- Dir. Vincente Aranda
Feat. Victoria Abril, Ana Belen, Miguel Bose…
- Examining the Spanish Civil War from a left–wing point–of–view, this passionate war drama focuses on a trio of women – a…
Nelly and Mr. Anaud (1996)
- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Michel Serrault
- Emmanuelle Beart gets caught up in a May–to–December romance with Michel Serrault in another elegant and subtle drama from the director…
Nenette & Boni (1996)
- Dir. Claire Denis
Feat. Gregoire Colin, Alice Houri , Jacques Nolot…
- Minor, though beautifully rendered slice–of–life from Claire Denis casts an eye on two teenage siblings raised separately by divorced…
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1996)
- Dir. Agustin Diaz Yanes
Feat. Victoria Abril, Pilar Bardem
- Alcoholic and reluctant whore Victoria Abril turns a few clever tricks on a Mexican mob's laundering operation. A Spanish pulpy fiction grafted with…
O'Quatrilho (1996)
- Dir. Fabio Barreto
Feat. Fabio Barreto, Mariana Pellegrino Barreto
- Steamy Latino variant on the patented love–triangle/adultery story, set among immigrants newly settled in turn of the century Brazil, freshly…