Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Eclipse (1996)
- Dir. Jeremy Podeswa
Feat. Von Flores, John Gilbert, Pascale Montpetit
- Canadian festival fave is a fluent, quirky first feature that follows a chain of disparate sexual encounters that come full circle under the…
Eddie Izzard - Definite Article (1996)
- Dir. Ed Bye
Feat. Eddie Izzard
- The disarmingly outrageous stand–up comedian is caught on film, for a performance at Shaftesbury Theatre, London.
Eden (1996)
- Dir. Howard Goldberg
Feat. Joanna Going, Dylan Walsh, Sean Patrick Flanery
- Joanna Going positively glows as a mother–of–two whose struggle with MS and home–making is transcended through 'astral projection'.…
Eighth Day, The (1996)
- Dir. Jaco Van Dormael
Feat. Daniel Auteuil
- The director of the much–loved TOTO THE HERO makes another film about magic at ground level, with Daniel Auteuil having his humdrum life…
Elgar's Tenth Muse (1996)
- Dir. Paul Yule
Feat. James Fox, Selma Alisaphic
- Slight, but well–dramatised snippet from the life of composer Sir Edward Elgar (James Fox). Inspired by Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Aranyi,…
Emma (1996)
- Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi…
- A clued up reworking of Jane Austen's classic, set in 19th century England, about a congenial young lady's well–intentioned but misjudged…
Emma (Jane Austen's Emma) (1996)
- Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Dominic Rowan, Mark Strong…
- Released the same year as the fanfared Gwyneth Paltrow version, this modest made–for–TV version of Jane Austen's matchmaker rom–com…
English Patient, The (1996)
- Dir. Anthony Minghella
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche
- The unsurprising Oscar sweeper of '97 – a shoe–in considering they left out no ingredient – epic length, exotic locales, period…
Enid Blyton - Island of Adventure (TV Series) (1996)
- Dir. Peter Rose
- Volume 1) A fearless foursome of intrepid kids and a parrot, fossick around in a seaside setting, uncovering old smuggling caves and a…
Enid Blyton's Adventure Series (TV Series) (1996)
- Kiwi–made series based on stories by Enid Blyton has four children embark on a series of adventures that takes them across land and sea.