Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Alive and Kicking (Indian Summer) (1997)
- Dir. Nancy Meckler
Feat. Jason Flemyng
- Solid British drama takes the post–AIDS–revelation scenario and couples it with an interesting setting – a crisis in a…
All Over Me (1997)
- Dir. Alex Sichel
Feat. Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser…
- A lesbian festival hit that has 'crossover' hit written all over it, as it persuasively pinpoints some of the universal, intense emotions of…
Apostle, The (1997)
- Dir. Robert Duvall
Feat. Robert Duvall, Miranda Richardson, Billy Bob Thornton
- Labour of love – in the best possible sense – for Robert Duvall (as Actor/Writer/Director), raising hellfire as a repentant…
Apparition (Photographing Fairies) (1997)
- Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Toby Stephens, Ben Kingsley, Emily Woof
- A sceptical, widowed portrait photographer investigates reports of everglade fairies and becomes transformed by otherworldly encounters. Inspired by…
Apple, The (1997)
- Dir. Samira Makhmalbaf
Feat. Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban Ali Naderi
- More than the curiosity piece you'd expect from its 17 year old director, this is a strange, small film that uniquely blends documentary footage with…
Artemisia (1997)
- Dir. Agnes Merlet
Feat. Valentina Cervi, Miki Manojlovic, Michel Serrault
- Study of the first significant female painter, Artemisia Gentileschi, the daughter of Caravaggio's one–time assistant in 17th Century…
Au Petit Marguery (1997)
- Dir. Laurent Benegui
Feat. Stephane Audran, Michel Aumont
- You are cordially invited to attend the farewell dinner of a long–loved Parisian restaurant whose Chef is losing his sense of smell. Memories…
Bastard Out of Carolina (1997)
- Dir. Anjelica Huston
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Jena Malone, Jennifer Jason Leigh…
- In her directing debut, Anjelica Huston boldly renders the indelicacies of a grim coming–of–age story, but its success is thanks largely…
Bent (1997)
- Dir. Sean Mathias
Feat. Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Ian McKellen…
- Martin Sherman adapts his award–winning and extensively performed play about Nazi persecution of homosexuals, and the agonizing love story of…
Blackout, The (1997)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Matthew Modine, Claudia Schiffer
- Dir. Abel Ferrara spills more lurid behaviour all over the screen just like he did in BAD LIEUTENANT. Matthew Modine does the honours for this spin…