Subgenre Sampler
Performing Arts: 241 Films to Buy & Rent
Twelfth Night (1996)
- Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Nigel Hawthorne…
- William Shakespeare is rediscovered yet again, in one of his wittier flights of fancy, served up with such 90s icons as Helena Bonham Carter, Richard…
Les Miserables (Stage version) (1995)
- Popular stage spectacular, based on the Victor Hugo novel, is seen here in a Gala 10th Anniversary performance at the Royal Albert Hall.
Madame Butterfly (1995)
- Dir. Frederic Mitterand
Feat. Ying Huang, Richard Troxell, Ning Liang
- The pleasures of Puccini's classic opera are well–managed in this version, amid flights of swoony lyricism. Story of love and abandonment is…
Othello (1995)
- Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Irene Jacob, Laurence Fishburne
- Shakespeare's great tragedy of love, jealousy and sheer bloody malice is spiked with a 90s erotic edge. While its stylistic choices only partly…
Pink Video, The (1995)
- Record of 1995's 'Out–rageously Pink' variety show at London's Playhouse Theatre. Includes such gay luminaries as Scott Capurro, Steve Best,…
Riverdance - The Show (1995)
- Dir. John McColgan
Feat. Michael Flatley
- Ambitious song and dance extravaganza is a must for stageshow fans and purveyors of Gaelic culture. Michael Flatley choreographs and toplines a host…
32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (1994)
- Dir. Francois Girard
- Built out of 32 disparate fragments, this quasi–doco on the Canadian pianist is fittingly tailored to its difficult and elusive subject,…
Cirque du Soleil - Saltimbanco (1994)
- One of the earliest productions from Canadian circus–theatre troupe 'Cirque du Soleil'. This is a kaleidoscopic, non–linear celebration…
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The) (1994)
- Dir. Stephan Elliot
Feat. Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce
- Three drag queens drive to Alice Springs in a bus called Priscilla.
A perfect ensemble cast make this classic "out" in the outback roadtrip as…
Remembering Jacqueline Du Pre (1994)
- Dir. Christopher Nupen
- Official doco on the renowned cellist suffers from a sanctimonious voice–over. Still, the best record of this talent with interviews and…