Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
Love Etc. (1998)
- Dir. Marion Vernoux
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charles Berling, Yvan Attal
- Depicts an infernal love–triangle between three friends – taken from the novel ‘Talking It Over’ by Julian Barnes. Charming comedy…
Love is the Devil (1998)
- Dir. John Maybury
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton
- Audacious biopic of great British painter Francis Bacon (he of the 'screaming pope' paintings), travels the raw–nerve edge of artistic…
Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998)
- Dir. Julio Medem
Feat. Najwa Nimri, Fele Martinez, Nancho Novo
- Artful but humourless slice of 'magic realism' that follows the near–metaphysical long–term relationship between two childhood…
Lulu On the Bridge (1998)
- Dir. Paul Auster
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Willem Dafoe
- A baffling series of events beset jazz–saxophonist Harvey Keitel after a near–death experience in this hard–to–summarise,…
Mad City (1998)
- Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda…
- Straight–faced media satire involving ambitious reporter Dustin Hoffman, sidelined on smalltown assignment. However he soon whips up a news…
Magnificent Seven, The (TV Series) (1998-2000)
- Dir. Christopher Cain
Feat. Michael Biehn, Ron Perlman, Dale Midkiff…
- Detailed spin–off series from the 1960 movie THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, continuing with the premise of seven cowboys each with a unique set of…
Marquise (1998)
- Dir. Vera Belmont
Feat. Sophie Marceau
- Bawdy, naturalistically–styled period romp about the artistic clashes between playwrights Moliere and Racine at the court of Louis XIV. Sophie…
Meet Joe Black (1998)
- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins
- Oddly original premise (actually, updated from 1934's Death Takes A Holiday), drawn out as a loopy ponder on matters of life and death.
Rests on a…
Memory and Desire (1998)
- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Brenda Kendall, Yuri Kinugawa, Norman Forsey
- Director Niki Caro pulls out the art–house stops for her feature debut: a love–story about a mismatched Japanese couple whose honeymoon…
Men with Guns (1998)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Frederico Luppi
- Criminally denied a theatrical release, this masterful study of Third World realities is arguably prolific indie dir. John Sayles most accomplished…