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Jerry and Tom (1999)
Dir. Saul Rubinek
Feat. Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy
Adding mileage to the crime–caper genre, Joe Mantegna plays a hitman who puts used–car salesman Sam Rockwell (LAWN DOGS) through a droll…
L.A. Without a MapL.A. Without a Map (1999)
Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. David Tennant, Vincent Gallo, Julie Delpy
A young Scottish undertaker (Tennant) follows an aspiring American actress back to La–la land, where he competes with the shallow excesses and…
Playing by Heart (1999)
Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson
Ambitious multi–character film along the lines of SHORT CUTS, likewise set in the varying social strata of Los Angeles, but infused with…
SLC Punk!SLC Punk! (1999)
Dir. James Merendino
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Michael Goorjian, Annabeth Gish
Based on a comic strip, this cartoonish comedy follows the ‘rebellious’ antics of Stevo and friends, the only punks in arch–conservative…
Chicago CabChicago Cab (Hellcab) (1998)
Dir. Mary Cybulski, John Tintori
Feat. John Cusack, Gillian Anderson, Julianne Moore
Bleak black comedy based around a day in the life of a Chicago cab–driver (Dillon) in the lead up to Christmas, who becomes confessor to his…
Dead Man's CurveDead Man's Curve (1998) Recommended
Dir. Dan Rosen
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell, Dana Delaney
Taking malicious advantage of a school–policy loophole, two desperate students conspire to dress up the murder of their room–mate as a…
I'll Make You HappyI'll Make You Happy (1998)
Dir. Athina Tsoulis
Feat. Jodie Rimmer, Michael Hurst
A comical hotchpotch set among Auckland's K–Road denizens, featuring Jodie Rimmer as a peppy prositute who plots to rip–off pimp Michael…
Intervention, TheIntervention, The (Suicide, the Comedy) (1998)
Dir. Glen Freyer
Feat. Jamie Harris, Alison Eastwood
Black comedy in which a struggling screenwriter researches a film script about suicide but worries his friends and family that he has real tendencies…
Last Days of DiscoLast Days of Disco (1998)
Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale
Not so much a nostalgia trip as a literate comedy of manners a la 1980s Manhattan, dissecting the sashays on the social dancefloor among a troupe of…
Next Stop, WonderlandNext Stop, Wonderland (1998) Aro Favourite
Dir. Brad Anderson
Feat. Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hope Davis (DAYTRIPPERS) utterly captivates as a jilted blonde indisposed to the dating scene, who finds little sign of Mr. Right in the long queue…

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