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Subgenre Sampler

 
Hurricane StreetsHurricane Streets (1997)
Dir. Morgan J. Freeman
Feat. Brendon Sexton III, Antoine McLean
The excellent Brendan Sexton III (WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE) does a sympathetic about–turn for this unflashy take on teenage delinquency. It…
Jack FrostJack Frost (1997) Recommended
Dir. Michael Cooney
Feat. Scott MacDonald, Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel
A modern Ed Wood–style horror comedy about a killer snowman terrorising a small rural community. While uneven, this is mostly better than it…
Lawn DogsLawn Dogs (1997) Recommended
Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton
The Australian director of THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE applies a lightly–stylised Antipodean touch to this American tale of a friendship between a…
Locusts, The (1997)
Dir. John Patrick Kelley
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Kate Capshaw, Ashley Judd
Tawdry, mostly shallow slice of Southern 'Faulkner–esque' pulp has Vince Vaughn (SWINGERS) drifting into a hot spot of small–town trouble…
Niagara NiagaraNiagara Niagara (1997)
Dir. Bob Gosse
Feat. Robin Tunney, Henry Thomas, Michael Parks
If you have the stamina to hit the road again with another pair of white–trash, gun–crazy young lovers (who meet while shoplifting), this…
Quiet Room, TheQuiet Room, The (1997)
Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Celine O'Leary, Paul Blackwell
Low budget, almost experimental film from the dir. of BAD BOY BUBBY, who organically developed the script around his real–life daughters.…
She's So LovelyShe's So Lovely (1997)
Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Robin Wright, Sean Penn, John Travolta
As a low–life couple whose romantic intensity borders on madness, married double–act Robin Wright and Sean Penn off–handedly…
Shooting FishShooting Fish (1997)
Dir. Stefan Schwartz
Feat. Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend, Kate Beckinsale
Smarmy, contrived romantic comedy with anarchic pretensions and loads o' pop music for the kids, desperately shoots for mainstream success ala 'Four…
SuburbiaSuburbia (1997)
Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Giovanni Ribisi, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn
Dir. Linklater returns to his favourite milieu – the teen angst movie – only this time working from someone else's material, a play by…
Ulee's GoldUlee's Gold (1997) Aro Favourite
Dir. Victor Nunez
Feat. Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Jessica Biel
Peter Fonda gives good grace as an ageing, emotionally reticent beekeeper who is much less at ease with what's going on in his family's hive, a unit…

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