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Subgenre Sampler

 
LowballLowball (1996)
Dir. Demian Lichenstein
Feat. Peter Greene
Grimy, low–budget drama pursues NY cop Peter Greene through the mire of his deep cover assignment, as the various temptations of the scumbag…
No Way HomeNo Way Home (1996)
Dir. Buddy Giovinazzo
Feat. Tim Roth, James Russo, Deborah Kara Unger
A recently paroled Tim Roth finds his hopes for a new life threatened by his brothers involvement with drugs. Though the introduction of a thriller…
SafeSafe (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley
This subtly gripping and rewarding portrait of neurosis stars Julianne Moore as a fragile '80s LA housewife who takes refuge at a health compound in…
Trees LoungeTrees Lounge (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Steve Buscemi
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny, Anthony LaPaglia
Lovelorn, unemployed mechanic Steve Buscemi drags himself downstairs each day to the local watering hole of the title for bouts of…
Unhook the StarsUnhook the Stars (1996) Recommended
Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gerard Depardieu
Ageing widow Gena Rowlands forms an unlikely bond with a seven–year old neighbour and his abrasive mother in this absorbing drama, directed…
Welcome to the DollhouseWelcome to the Dollhouse (1996) Recommended
Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Heather Matarazzo, Victoria Davis
Winner of the grand prize at Sundance '96, this is a blackly comic portrait of a dreaded kind of coming–of–age. Teenage persecution and…
AmateurAmateur (1995)
Dir. Hal Hartley
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Lowensohn
Hal Hartley approaches the conventions of a thriller in further probing his fixation with dysfunctional romance and relationships, and thus checks in…
Basketball Diaries, TheBasketball Diaries, The (1995) Recommended
Dir. Scott Calvert
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Juliette Lewis
Leonardo DiCaprio excels as a young Jim Carroll, an infamous New York poet/musician/junkie who maintained a personal journal through a…
Before SunriseBefore Sunrise (1995) Recommended
Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Young tourists American Ethan Hawke and French Julie Delpy, meet by chance on a train in Europe and spend the following twelve hours…
Brothers in TroubleBrothers in Trouble (1995)
Dir. Udayan Prasad
Feat. Om Puri, Angeline Ball
A Pakistani illegal–immigrant family struggle to maintain an income and dignity in a grim '60s Midland town. Bittersweet tragicomedy.

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