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Subgenre Sampler

 
Ulysses' GazeUlysses' Gaze (1995)
Dir. Theo Angelopoulos
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern
Returning from exile in America, Yugoslavian filmmaker Harvey Keitel quests after rare film footage in the wartorn Balkans. Shot under conditions…
UndergroundUnderground (1995) Recommended
Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Miki Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic
Palme D'Or–winning epic covering fifty years of Balkan history in fantastical, magic–realist style. While the brash satire may be too…
WaterworldWaterworld (1995)
Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Most famous as a production fiasco, Kevin Costner made a painful public bellyflop with this MAD MAX on water. His film has many things to…
Queen MargotQueen Margot (La Reine Margot) (1994) Recommended
Dir. Patrice Chereau
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi
A bodice–ripping yarn of treachery and forbidden passions between warring Catholic and Protestant factions in late 1500s France. Isabelle…
Little BuddhaLittle Buddha (1993)
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda
In truest Bertolucci fashion, this is a spiritual chronicle by way of history and spectacle. Time–frame is split between modern LA and 600 B.C.…
Temptation of a MonkTemptation of a Monk (1993)
Dir. Clara Law
Feat. Joan Chen, Zhang Fenyi
Graphic chronicle of blood–letting by a fierce warrior general in 7th century China, that hews to the visual traditions of the classic Japanese…
Black RobeBlack Robe (1991) Recommended
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young
A Jesuit priest attempts to convert Shamanist Indians in the Canadian wilderness of 1643. A heady mix of explicit savagery and incomparable beauty.
Dances with WolvesDances with Wolves (1990) Recommended
Dir. Kevin Costner
Feat. Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner's finest few hours. He plays an estranged cavalry officer who befriends and learns the survivalist culture of the native Sioux. Winner…
Mahabharata, TheMahabharata, The (1990)
Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Erika Alexander, Maurice Benichou, Amba Bihler
This 'great story of mankind' forms the basis of Indian religion and mythology. Some 15 times the length of the bible, stage maestro Peter Brook has…
Mountains of the MoonMountains of the Moon (1990)
Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant
Ambitious saga details the quest of Sir Richard Burton to discover the source of the Nile river. Compelling personal story remains focused amid the…

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