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Subgenre Sampler

 
Dark CityDark City (1998) Recommended
Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly
Advancing on earlier efforts like THE CROW, director Alex Proyas, fabricates a shadowy urban jungle, replete with echoes of earlier sci–fi…
Interview, TheInterview, The (1998) Recommended
Dir. Craig Monahan
Feat. Hugo Weaving
Sleek, edgy Aussie drama works a detailed script and a sharp cast to pile layers of ambiguity and guilt into a standard interrogation premise. Winner…
L.A. ConfidentialL.A. Confidential (1997) Recommended
Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey
Slam–bang adaptation preserves the lacerating edge of James Ellroy's crime novel while polishing up the sheen of 50s Hollywood. Antipodean boys…
Lost HighwayLost Highway (1997)
Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty
Welcome to Lynchland. Where picket fences surround troubled, violent, sexual twisted souls who converse in awkwardly measured rhythms. David Lynch…
Twilight (1997)
Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman
Star wattage brightens this old–fashioned, autumnal mystery–drama, reuniting NOBODY'S FOOL director Benton with Paul Newman as a…
U-TurnU-Turn (1997)
Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte
The Drifter, Sean Penn, swerves into a small desert town for a round of duelling tangos with Femme Jennifer Lopez and local Kingpin Nick Nolte, while…
Winner, TheWinner, The (1997)
Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Vincent D'Onofrio, Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Whaley
Punk director Alex Cox about breaks even with this stageplay custom fitted for the screen. The action revolves around Las Vegas 'winner' Vincent…
BoundBound (1996) Recommended
Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Feat. Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon
Modern film noir madeover in lesbian chic – Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon pout, titillate and conspire their way through the moral marshlands…
Devil in a Blue DressDevil in a Blue Dress (1996)
Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore
The director's follow–up to ONE FALSE MOVE is a black man's noir, some fifty years overdue! We're in 40s LA, where reluctant gumshoe Denzel…
Hard EightHard Eight (Sydney) (1996) Recommended
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow
Cucumber–cool first feature set in the thick of Reno's casino culture, boasts four superb character–based performances and extended…

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