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Vacant Possession (1996)
Dir. Margot Nash
Feat. Pamela Rabe
Pamela Rabe grapples with some disturbing family secrets on returning to her childhood home in Botany Bay. Beautifully shot drama also confronts…
Van, TheVan, The (1996)
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan
Conclusive chapter of writer Roddy Doyle's informal trilogy started by THE COMMITMENTS and THE SNAPPER. Colm Meaney returns as the cheery Irish…
Vanity Fair (TV Mini-series)Vanity Fair (TV Mini-series) (1996)
Dir. Marc Munden
Feat. Natasha Little, Nathaniel Parker, Frances Grey
BBC adaptation of William Thackery's 19th century satire of class snobberies in which social–climbing Natasha Little socially negotiates the…
VictoryVictory (1996)
Dir. Mark Peploe
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Irene Jacob, Sam Neill
Adventure film set in 1913 and based on the novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad. After attempting to rape a woman, a man living in Dutch occupied…
Vol-au-ventVol-au-vent (1996)
Dir. John McKenzie
Feat. Dennis Waterman, Julie McKenzie
A quiet wedding turns anarchic in British comedic tradition, when three crims gatecrash the reception, sending the bride and her mother scrambling to…
Walking and TalkingWalking and Talking (1996) Recommended
Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber
A sort of femme flipside to 'Swingers', two women – one single, one about to be married – work out their romantic hangups in original and…
Water Rats (TV Series)Water Rats (TV Series) (1996)
Feat. Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Steve Bisley
Classic Aussie sea–going crime–fighting police action show from the 90s, somewhat like an antipodean version of Baywatch. Ran for six…
Watermelon Woman, TheWatermelon Woman, The (1996) Recommended
Dir. Cheryl Dunye
Feat. Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner
Unusual and amusing story of a young, black lesbian would–be film–maker whose life, involving a ‘controversial’ romance with…
Weatherwoman ReturnsWeatherwoman Returns (1996)
Dir. Tomoaki Hosoyama
Feat. Misa Aika, Kiyomi Ito, Ayako Kato
Sequel to WEATHERWOMAN, is equally unsettling in the way its nasty thrills are clad in cheap satire. As in the first, the rivalry between various TV…
Welcome to the DollhouseWelcome to the Dollhouse (1996) Recommended
Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Heather Matarazzo, Victoria Davis
Winner of the grand prize at Sundance '96, this is a blackly comic portrait of a dreaded kind of coming–of–age. Teenage persecution and…

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