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Subgenre Sampler

 
Brylcreem Boys, TheBrylcreem Boys, The (1997)
Dir. Terence Ryan
Feat. Gabriel Byrne
The ubiquitous face of Irish cinema, Gabriel Byrne, slicks his hair back in a neutral POW camp in WWII Ireland, bunking with a variety of allied and…
Career GirlsCareer Girls (1997)
Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman
Mike Leigh sidesteps the impossibly tall order of living up to SECRETS AND LIES with a character–driven two–hander about a pair of…
Carla's SongCarla's Song (1997)
Dir. Ken Loach
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn
Another not–so–average tale from Dir. Ken Loach, concerning a Glaswegian bus–driver getting involved with Nicaraguan politics.…
CharacterCharacter (1997)
Dir. Mike van Diem
Feat. Fedja Van Huet
A murderous confrontation bookends an elegantly told story of class, oppression and perseverance in 1920s Rotterdam, in which a young…
ClockwatchersClockwatchers (1997)
Dir. Jill Sprecher
Feat. Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow
Four office temps band together in an oppressive (and outdated?) corporate environment – too bad they're caricatures: Toni Collette is…
Donnie BrascoDonnie Brasco (1997) Recommended
Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen
Riveting, true–life tale of an FBI agent's perilous infiltration of the New York Mafia in the 70s. A knife–edge dramatic tension is…
Dream with the FishesDream with the Fishes (1997)
Dir. Finn Taylor
Feat. David Arquette, Brad Hunt, Cathy Moriarty
Two mismatched loners on the ultra–hip road to oblivion or redemption – whichever comes first. The excursion is more perceptive and…
Education of Little Tree, TheEducation of Little Tree, The (1997)
Dir. Richard Friedenberg
Feat. Joseph Ashton, James Cromwell, Mika Boorem
Smoky Mountains set family drama adapted from the best–selling novel about a small Cherokee orphan sent to live with his grandparents in the…
Eel, TheEel, The (1997)
Dir. Shohei Imamura
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu
After doing eight years for killing his wife, an inhibited man (Yakusho Koji of SHALL WE DANCE) sets himself up at a quiet riverside barbershop, the…
End of Violence, TheEnd of Violence, The (1997)
Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Bill Pullman, Gabriel Byrne, Andie MacDowell
After a 5yr hiatus dir. Wim Wenders proffered this elliptical tale of alienation and desires for omniscience, this time enacted in sunswept,…

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