Subgenre Sampler
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Twin Town (1997)
- Dir. Kevin Allen
Feat. Llyr Ifans, Rhys Ifans, Dorien Thomas…
- The creators of TRAINSPOTTING lend their executive stamp to this anarchic tale of village dysfunction, set in a quiet Welsh community.
Crooked…
Two Girls and a Guy (1997)
- Dir. James Toback
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Heather Graham, Natasha Gregson Wagner
- Robert Downey Jr's first post–prison–term film was this one–location drama about two women discovering they share the same snaky…
U-Turn (1997)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte…
- The Drifter, Sean Penn, swerves into a small desert town for a round of duelling tangos with Femme Jennifer Lopez and local Kingpin Nick Nolte, while…
Ugly, The (1997)
- Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Paolo Rotondo, Rebecca Hobbs, Jennifer Ward-Lealand
- A local portrait of a serial killer – Auckland lad Scott Reynolds' transcends his derivative script with an audacious visual style that'll…
Uncle Sam (1997)
- Dir. William Lustig
Feat. Leslie Neale, David "Shark" Fralick, Isaac Hayes…
- Solid cast of exploitation 'character actors' lifts this quasi–satirical slasherfest about a Gulf War casualty who rises from his resting place…
Under the Skin (1997)
- Dir. Carine Adler
Feat. Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham
- After her mother's untimely death, a young woman bereaves through a series of casual sexual, and increasingly masochistic, encounters.
Samantha…
Unknown Pleasures / Xiao Wu (1997-2002)
- Dir. Jia Zhang-ke
Feat. Zhao Tao
- Two astonishing features from gifted 'sixth generation' Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang–ke (PLATFORM, THE WORLD); his terrain the onset of popular…
Vanishing Point (1997)
- Dir. Charles Robert Carner
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Christine Elise, Steve Railsback…
- Made–for–TV reprise of the 1971 transcontinental driving classic, with the chiselled Mortensen taking the mad dog role of Kowalski, now a…
Victoria Wood Live (1997)
- Feat. Victoria Wood, Julie Walters
- Live stand–up sketches from BAFTA winning Brit comedienne and actress Victoria Wood on her sell–out 2007 tour, occasionally accompanied…
Volcano (1997)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, John Carroll Lynch
- A film that presupposes that LA sits on top of a load of steaming bile. A Heston–esque Tommy Lee Jones reigns in the non–stop disasters…