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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Reef, The (Passion's Way) (1996)- Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Sela Ward, Leslie Caron - Unrequited love is the theme of this adaptation from Edith Wharton, as young lovers Timothy Dalton and Sela Ward are repeatedly separated by…
Rhodes (TV Mini-series) (1996)- Dir. David Drury
Feat. Martin Shaw, Frances Barber, Joe Shaw - Lengthy but worth–it biopic telling the story of Cecil Rhodes, the 19th–Century businessman who was sent to Africa to die, but came back…
Richard III (1996)- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jnr.… - Transposed to a fascist 1930s Britain, Shakespeare's classic tale of power politics easily renews its timeless appeal. Ian McKellen commands every…
Safe (1996)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley… - This subtly gripping and rewarding portrait of neurosis stars Julianne Moore as a fragile '80s LA housewife who takes refuge at a health compound in…
Secrets and Lies (1996)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Claire Rushbrook… - Winner of the Palm D'or at Cannes '96, and surprise box–office smash thanks to good old word of mouth. A dramatic tour–de–force…
Self Made Hero, A (1996)- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Mathieu Kassovitz - Mattieu Kassovitz (director of LA HAINE) proves to be no slouch actor here as a WW2 idler who swats up and cheekily ascends the ranks of the…
Shine (1996)- Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor - Geoffrey Rush's upset win of the Best Actor Oscar was the jewel in the crown of this little Oz movie's incredibly charmed life. A moving recital…
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