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Subgenre Sampler

 
RomanceRomance (1999)
Dir. Catherine Breillat
Feat. Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stevenin
A schoolteacher's boyfriend loses sexual interest in her, so she embarks on a series of unlikely sexual encounters in search of intimacy and…
RosettaRosetta (1999) Recommended
Dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Feat. Emilie Dequenne
Drawing creative parallels with the Danish 'Dogma' movement, this is a rigidly intense study in survivalism that forsakes any plot contrivance to…
Running Out of TimeRunning Out of Time (1999)
Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan
A crackingly–paced, plot–bending Yin–Yang heist drama, with terminally–ill master jewel thief Andy Lau playing against the…
ShiriShiri (Swiri) (1999)
Dir. Kang Je-Gyu
Feat. Min-sik Choi, Yunjin Kim, Kang-ho Song
South Korean actioner from director Kang Je–gyu (BROTHERHOOD OF WAR) in which a pair of agents are tracking down female assassin from North…
Three SeasonsThree Seasons (1999) Recommended
Dir. Tony Bui
Feat. Harvey Keitel
The first US film to be shot in post–war Vietnam, this intertwined series of four tales set in contemporary Saigon, rapturously conveys a…
Time RegainedTime Regained (Le Temps Retrouve) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Raul Ruiz
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, John Malkovich
Legendary surrealist Chilean director Ruiz takes a break from his schedule or runaway obscurities (most sadly unavailable in NZ) for this legit…
TomieTomie (1999)
Dir. Ataru Oikawa
Feat. Tomorowo Taguchi, Miho Kanno
A severed head in a paper bag mutates into the film's titular school girl from hell in this malevolent Japanese horror offering genuine creeps under…
Venus Beauty InstituteVenus Beauty Institute (Venus Beauty) (1999)
Dir. Tonie Marshall
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Audrey Tautou
A modest beauty salon is the setting for this wry ensemble piece about the vagaries of womanhood, with an engagingly eccentric collection of clients…
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…
2 Seconds2 Seconds (1998)
Dir. Manon Briand
Feat. Charlotte Laurier, Dino Tavarone
A frothily enjoyable drama set around a mountain–bike rider (Laurier), who despite an addiction to the thrills of high speed cycling, is forced…

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