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Varsity BluesVarsity Blues (1999)
Dir. Brian Robbins
Feat. James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight
Reluctant star quarterback James Van Der Beek (from TV's Dawson's Creek) takes a stand against team coach Jon Voight's voracious pursuit of sporting…
Venus Beauty InstituteVenus Beauty Institute (Venus Beauty) (1999)
Dir. Tonie Marshall
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Audrey Tautou
A modest beauty salon is the setting for this wry ensemble piece about the vagaries of womanhood, with an engagingly eccentric collection of clients…
An Autumn TaleAn Autumn Tale (1998) Recommended
Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Marie Riviere, Beatrice Romand, Alain Libolt
Completing his suite of films based on the four seasons, dir. Rohmer provides another mellow, seemingly unplotted comedy, in which Rhone valley…
Butcher Boy, TheButcher Boy, The (1998) Recommended
Dir. Neil Jordan
Feat. Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw
Despairing yet distinctive black comedy depicts the insanity implicit in a boy's view of his small town in Ireland, circa 1962. Adopts a lurid…
Cookie's FortuneCookie's Fortune (1998) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Glenn Close, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell
A satisfying, home–spun Southern patchwork, stuffed with little–biddy–town idiosyncracies and a slightly kooky plot surrounding the…
Girls' NightGirls' Night (1998) Recommended
Dir. Nick Hurran
Feat. Julie Walters, Brenda Blethyn
A windfall at the local bingo hall puts air in the wings of forty–something factory gals Julie Walters and Brenda Blethyn, but a wheel of…
Grafters (TV Mini-series) Grafters (TV Mini-series) (1998)
Dir. David Richards, Stephen Whittaker
Feat. Robson Green, Stephen Tompkinson
Distinct drama series following the misadventures of two brothers forced to work together as builders and renovate a house for a London couple, which…
Higher LoveHigher Love (At Sachem Farm; Uncorked) (1998)
Dir. John Huddles
Feat. Rufus Sewell, Minnie Driver, Nigel Hawthorne
Moderately quaffable comedy has a young heir (Sewell) plan to sell his wealthy Californian family's huge wine collection so as make an investment.…
Last Days of DiscoLast Days of Disco (1998)
Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale
Not so much a nostalgia trip as a literate comedy of manners a la 1980s Manhattan, dissecting the sashays on the social dancefloor among a troupe of…
Late August, Early SeptemberLate August, Early September (Fin août, début septembre) (1998)
Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Ledoyen, Francois Cluzet
Overlooked French drama from prolific and distinctive auteur Olivier Assayas (IRMA VEP, PERSONAL SHOPPER) following a group of friends and lovers as…

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