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DogsDogs (Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint) (1996)
Dir. Eve Annenburg
Feat. Pam Columbus, Pam Gray, Melody Beal
Four Brooklyn women opt for a life of running an illegal bookie joint, over the dead–end, unemployed lifestyle of the local area. In her debut,…
Driftwood (1996)
Dir. Ronan O'Leary
Feat. James Spader
A washed–up, amnesiac James Spader is beachcombed in remote Ireland by borderline obsessive Anne Brochet, who gets rather possessive when he…
East Palace / West PalaceEast Palace / West Palace (1996)
Dir. Zhang Yuan
Feat. Vicki Zhao, Si Han, Jun Hu
This rare independent mainland Chinese film is a difficult, often devastating two–hander between a gay man and the policeman sent to arrest him…
EclipseEclipse (1996)
Dir. Jeremy Podeswa
Feat. Von Flores, John Gilbert, Pascale Montpetit
Canadian festival fave is a fluent, quirky first feature that follows a chain of disparate sexual encounters that come full circle under the…
EdenEden (1996)
Dir. Howard Goldberg
Feat. Joanna Going, Dylan Walsh, Sean Patrick Flanery
Joanna Going positively glows as a mother–of–two whose struggle with MS and home–making is transcended through 'astral projection'.…
Eighth Day, TheEighth Day, The (1996)
Dir. Jaco Van Dormael
Feat. Daniel Auteuil
The director of the much–loved TOTO THE HERO makes another film about magic at ground level, with Daniel Auteuil having his humdrum life…
Elgar's Tenth Muse (1996)
Dir. Paul Yule
Feat. James Fox, Selma Alisaphic
Slight, but well–dramatised snippet from the life of composer Sir Edward Elgar (James Fox). Inspired by Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Aranyi,…
EmmaEmma (1996) Recommended
Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi
A clued up reworking of Jane Austen's classic, set in 19th century England, about a congenial young lady's well–intentioned but misjudged…
EmmaEmma (Jane Austen's Emma) (1996)
Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Dominic Rowan, Mark Strong
Released the same year as the fanfared Gwyneth Paltrow version, this modest made–for–TV version of Jane Austen's matchmaker rom–com…
English Patient, TheEnglish Patient, The (1996)
Dir. Anthony Minghella
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche
The unsurprising Oscar sweeper of '97 – a shoe–in considering they left out no ingredient – epic length, exotic locales, period…

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