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Female PerversionsFemale Perversions (1997) Recommended
Dir. Susan Streitfeld
Feat. Tilda Swinton
Based on the Freudian texts of noted psychoanalyst Louise Kaplan, this serious–minded, erotically charged and stylish film probes several…
Post CoitumPost Coitum (1997)
Dir. Brigitte Rouan
Feat. Brigitte Rouan
The director herself plays a 40–year–old wife, mother and book editor who has her respectable life devastated after a whirlwind affair…
RadianceRadiance (1997) Recommended
Dir. Rachel Perkins
Feat. Rachel Maza, Deborah Mailman, Trisha Morton-Thomas
An Aboriginal mother's funeral brings disparities among the surviving daughters into vibrant relief. Adapted from Louis Nowra's play, this…
True WomenTrue Women (1997)
Dir. Karen Arthur
Feat. Dana Delaney, Annabeth Gish, Angelina Jolie
A female–driven historical saga spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through to the American Civil War. A Hallmark production based…
Washington SquareWashington Square (1997)
Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith
Portrait of a lady adapted from the pen of Henry James profits from an exemplary Jennifer Jason Leigh performance – as an eccentric, plain…
Antonia's LineAntonia's Line (1996) Recommended
Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Jan Decleir
The deserving winner of the '96 Best Foreign Film Oscar recalls the 50 year history of matriarch Antonia and her defiantly unconventional brood in…
DogsDogs (Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint) (1996)
Dir. Eve Annenburg
Feat. Pam Columbus, Pam Gray, Melody Beal
Four Brooklyn women opt for a life of running an illegal bookie joint, over the dead–end, unemployed lifestyle of the local area. In her debut,…
EmmaEmma (1996) Recommended
Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi
A clued up reworking of Jane Austen's classic, set in 19th century England, about a congenial young lady's well–intentioned but misjudged…
Entertaining AngelsEntertaining Angels (1996)
Dir. Michael Ray Rhodes
Feat. Moira Kelly, Martin Sheen
Stirring biopic of American champion of the poor Dorothy Day (played with passion by Moira Kelly), who rose from obscurity in 1920s New York to…
EvitaEvita (1996) Recommended
Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Madonna, Antonio Banderas
The Broadway Extravaganza, complete with Madonna, wall–to–wall songs and political melodrama, is bravely swallowed whole by Hollywood. …

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