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West Wing, The - Season 1 (TV Series)West Wing, The - Season 1 (TV Series) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Various, Michael Lehmann, Thomas Schlamme
Feat. Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly
One of the most popular (and lauded) US TV–series of recent years, set in a White House presided over by Martin Sheen and his staff. With…
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999) Recommended
Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Nancy Brunning
Alan Duff–scripted sequel to his novel ONCE WERE WARRIORS is as good a sequel as one could reasonably expect. Story continues some years on…
When Love ComesWhen Love Comes (1999)
Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Rena Owen, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning
Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…
Wild Wild WestWild Wild West (1999)
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Feat. Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh
The star and director of MEN IN BLACK and recoupled for this Sci–fi–Western–spoof, first aired as a popular,…
Winslow Boy, TheWinslow Boy, The (1999)
Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam
Writer–Director extraordinaire David Mamet changes pace, eschewing fiery dialogue for a subtly–modulated evocation of the Edwardian…
Wisconsin Death TripWisconsin Death Trip (1999) Recommended
Dir. James Marsh
A deadpan, quietly unsettling documentary that charts 10 years of creeping misfortune at the end of the 19th century in the small Midwest town of…
Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, TheWonderful World of Louis Armstrong, The (1999)
Produced after Ken Burns’ JAZZ, yet managing to illuminate ‘Satchmo’s’ life and times on several new levels, this artful collage of…
World Is Not Enough, TheWorld Is Not Enough, The (1999)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlyle, Sophie Marceau
Pierce Brosnan is back for a third time in the most cartoonish entry in many a season, with in–jokes, sexual allusions and fire–power…
X-Files, The - Season 7 (TV Series)X-Files, The - Season 7 (TV Series) (1999)
Feat. David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
More adventures of the X–Files crew – this was also David Duchovny's final season.
Yi YiYi Yi (A One and a Two) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Edward Yang
Feat. Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata
Masterful cinema – a drama that loosely surveys a middle–class family in contemporary Taipei, encompassing a wealth of human observation…

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