Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Lolita (1997)
- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffiths…
- Nabakov's novel, still raising eyebrows, is here lavished with a meticulous production and all the artistry the director of 9 ½ WEEKS could rustle…
Love and Death On Long Island (1997)
- Dir. Richard Kwietniowski
Feat. John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Sheila Hancock…
- Delightful central conceit sees John Hurt fall in love with flaky teen–movie actor Jason Priestley in this decidedly genre and…
Lucie Aubrac (1997)
- Dir. Claude Berri
Feat. Carole Bouquet, Klaus Barbie
- French Resistance true–story from the period–eye of dir. Claude Berri (JEAN DE FLORETTE), offering a romantic sub–plot between…
Ma Vie Sexuelle (1997)
- Dir. Arnaud Desplechin
Feat. Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos, Emmanuel Salinger
- Ponderous study of Parisian twentysomething ennui centering around a typically amoral, self–obsessed Frenchman who has few problems bedding…
Mandela and De Klerk (1997)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine
- The political backdrop to Nelson Madela's release in 1991 from a South African prison is solidly dramatised in this telemovie. Stars Sidney Poitier…
Marius et Jeannette (1997)
- Dir. Robert Guediguian
Feat. Ariane Ascaride, Gerard Meylan
- A laidback yet buoyant slice–of–ordinary–life set on the low–rent side of Marseille, where two wounded fortysomethings strike…
Merry War, A (Keep the Aspidistra Flying) (1997)
- Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter
- A literate, aware version of George Orwell's early comic novel set in a stagnating 1930s Britain. Richard E Grant plays Orwell's self–parody of…
Mill On the Floss (1997)
- Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. Emily Watson, Bernard Hill
- The incandescent Emily Watson justifies this Masterpiece Theatre version of George Eliot's Victorian novel (considerably simplified), bringing some…
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997)
- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Geraldine Chaplin, William Katt, Keene Curtis
- Geraldine Chaplin gives a resolved performance as the modern day saint, bringing vigor to this made–for–television account that begins…
Mrs. Brown (Her Majesty Mrs. Brown) (1997)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Judi Dench, Billy Connolly
- Finely accomplished drama about the passionate, if platonic, friendship between Queen Victoria and her loyal servant – a relationship that…