Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Audition (1999)
- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina - An almost–masterpiece of the macabre that sets up and sustains itself brilliantly with a restrained pace and jewel of a premise, then careens…
Romance (1999)- Dir. Catherine Breillat
Feat. Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stevenin - A schoolteacher's boyfriend loses sexual interest in her, so she embarks on a series of unlikely sexual encounters in search of intimacy and…
Sex - The Annabel Chong Story (1999)
- Dir. Gough Lewis
- A sensational yet even–handed insight into the performer (and sicko subculture) behind a famously transgressive sexual act – Ms. Chong’s…
8mm (1998)- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini… - First Hollywood effort at generating thrills from the dubious (and probably mythical) subculture of 'snuff movies', where actors are deliberately…
American History X (1998)- Dir. Tony Kaye
Feat. Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Stacy Keach… - Potent dissertation on generational anger among the skinhead community of Los Angeles' Venice Beach, that though flawed by brushes with cliche, is a…
Happiness (1998)- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman… - Controversial is the byword for this disturbing trawl through the sad–case lives of various American suburbanites and their families (Lara…
I Stand Alone (Seul Contre Tous) (1998)- Dir. Gaspar Noe
Feat. Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain… - Staunch attempt to shake up the “bourgeois” values in French cinema, first–time director Gaspar Noe fleshes out his short film about a…
Idiots, The (1998)- Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Bodil Jorgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing… - One of the fruits of Dogma 95, this sensationally conceived outing from von Trier will satisfy those with a penchant for the experimental, and…
Another 9 1/2 Weeks (Love in Paris) (1997)- Dir. Anne Goursaud
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Angie Everhart, Steven Berkoff… - Depending on your sensibilities this Parisian set sequel either represents a career nadir for Rourke or some kind of gonzo triumph. Either way…
Lolita (1997)- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffiths… - Nabakov's novel, still raising eyebrows, is here lavished with a meticulous production and all the artistry the director of 9 ½ WEEKS could rustle…
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