Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Blackrock (1997)
- Dir. Steve Vidler
Feat. Nichole Avramidis, George Basha, Gina Bortolin
- Pitching headlong into the Newcastle surfie/petrol–head scene, this forthright Aussie drama (taken from a stageplay) scrutinises the community…
Bliss (1997)
- Dir. Lance Young
Feat. Sheryl Lee, Craig Sheffer, Terence Stamp
- Frustrated marrieds Sheryl Lee and Craig Sheffer turn to controversial sex therapist Terence Stamp, whose remedial methods include hands–on…
Blood and Wine (1997)
- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Jennifer Lopez…
- Jack Nicholson dusts off his cynical, scowling persona of the 70s, as a desperate, philandering Florida wine merchant who enlists Michael Caine for a…
Blood Oranges, The (1997)
- Dir. Philip Haas
Feat. Charles Dance, Sheryl Lee, Colin Lane…
- An obscure indie–psychodrama from the dir. of MUSIC OF CHANCE and ANGELS AND INSECTS, with Charles Dance and Sheryl Lee as a…
Boogie Nights (1997)
- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds…
- LA's San Fernando Valley, the late '70s. Mark Wahlberg is Eddie Adams, an anatomically gifted innocent who finds his niche in the cradle of a…
Brassed Off (1997)
- Dir. Mark Herman
Feat. Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite
- Witty and warm–hearted comedy set in a Yorkshire mining community threatened with closure. Leading the town colliery brass band, Tara…
Brylcreem Boys, The (1997)
- Dir. Terence Ryan
Feat. Gabriel Byrne
- The ubiquitous face of Irish cinema, Gabriel Byrne, slicks his hair back in a neutral POW camp in WWII Ireland, bunking with a variety of allied and…
Career Girls (1997)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman
- Mike Leigh sidesteps the impossibly tall order of living up to SECRETS AND LIES with a character–driven two–hander about a pair of…
Carla's Song (1997)
- Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn
- Another not–so–average tale from Dir. Ken Loach, concerning a Glaswegian bus–driver getting involved with Nicaraguan politics.…
Character (1997)
- Dir. Mike van Diem
Feat. Fedja Van Huet
- A murderous confrontation bookends an elegantly told story of class, oppression and perseverance in 1920s Rotterdam, in which a young…