Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999)
- Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Nancy Brunning
- Alan Duff–scripted sequel to his novel ONCE WERE WARRIORS is as good a sequel as one could reasonably expect.
Story continues some years on…
When Love Comes (1999)
- Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Rena Owen, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning…
- Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…
Wild Blue (1999)
- Dir. Dale G. Bradley
Feat. Nicola Murphy, Judge Reinhold
- The wilds of Otago serve as a backdrop for this modern drama, with young Nicola Murphy (MAGIK AND ROSE) returning to NZ to assume a postponed role of…
Winslow Boy, The (1999)
- Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam
- Writer–Director extraordinaire David Mamet changes pace, eschewing fiery dialogue for a subtly–modulated evocation of the Edwardian…
Yi Yi (A One and a Two) (1999)
- Dir. Edward Yang
Feat. Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata
- Masterful cinema – a drama that loosely surveys a middle–class family in contemporary Taipei, encompassing a wealth of human observation…
15 Amore (1998)
- Dir. Maurice Murphy
Feat. Steve Bastoni, Lisa Hensley
- Set in the Australian hinterland during the closing months of WWII, this outlines a domestic drama of forbidden attractions with a gratifyingly light…
2 Seconds (1998)
- Dir. Manon Briand
Feat. Charlotte Laurier, Dino Tavarone
- A frothily enjoyable drama set around a mountain–bike rider (Laurier), who despite an addiction to the thrills of high speed cycling, is forced…
54 (1998)
- Dir. Mark Christopher
Feat. Mike Myers, Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek…
- Glittering, puffed–up retro–piece centres around the quintessential New York disco spot, Studio 54, and appropriately cruises on an empty…
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, Leelee Sobieski, Barbara Hershey…
- Merchant/Ivory make one of their rare ventures into recent history, with a surprisingly eloquent depiction of an expatriate American family stoically…
Acid House, The (1998)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Stephen McCole, Maurice Roeves, Garry Sweeney
- Those with a taste for undiluted Irvine Welsh (author of TRAINSPOTTING) will find warts–and–all satisfaction in this portmanteau of three…