Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Our Friends in the North (TV Mini-series) (1996)
- Feat. Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee, Daniel Craig…
- British TV show following four friends living in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England over a period of 31 years from 1964 to 1995.…
People Vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love - A weighty, colourful biopic of the notorious publisher of 'Hustler' magazine. The 'free speech' debate presides over the issue of pornography, but…
Phenomenon (1996)- Dir. Jon Turteltaub
Feat. John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker… - John Travolta is aptly cast a genial mechanic who, after being struck by lightening, acquires super–intelligence that gradually ostracises him…
Ponette (1996)- Dir. Jacques Doillon
Feat. Victoire Thivisol - Staying at her Aunt's provincial cottage after the accidental death of her mother, a four–year–old girl comes to terms with death, while…
Portrait of a Lady (1996)- Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich - Unfairly roasted by many critics, our Jane's adaptation of Henry James' novel dares to offer more than romance in fancy dress, but instead a complex,…
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)- Dir. Sadjan Dragojevic
Feat. Dragan Bjelorgrlic, Nikola Kojo - Seen in flashback from a ward in triage, the Bosnian war is portrayed in a riveting counter–play of nihilism and theatre, as a band of Serbian…
Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)- Dir. Sergei Bodrov
Feat. Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr, Susanna Mekhraliyeva… - A Tolstoy fable is here seamlessly transposed to the Chechean conflict, with two Russian soldiers apprehended by a Chechean village elder who hopes…
Promise, The (La Promesse) (1996)- Dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Feat. Jeremie Renier, Olivier Gourmet - A deceptively modest, altogether riveting early film from the Dardenne brothers, here test–driving the formal rigors of their unwavering…
Proprietor, The (1996)- Dir. Ismail Merchant
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Sean Young, Sam Waterston - The other half of the Merchant/Ivory partnership directs this story of a distinguished French–Jewish writer who returns to Paris to confront…
Rasputin (1996)- Dir. Uli Edel
Feat. Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen… - Richly turned–out costume saga of Rasputin: the enigmatic, unwashed peasant who rose up to become the spiritual guide of the Tsar's family in…
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