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French Woman, AFrench Woman, A (Une Femme Francaise) (1995)
Dir. Regis Wargnier
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Daniel Auteuil
Emmanuelle Beart stars in this period tale of idyllic romance compromised by the reality of war. The director of INDOCHINE again embraces the…
Gamera: Guardian of the UniverseGamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
Feat. Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani
Japanese Kaiju genre film (giant monsters!) which is the ninth inclusion to the Gamera film series, but enjoyable as stand–alone entertainment,…
High RiskHigh Risk (1995) Aro Favourite
Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Jet Li, Jacky Cheung
A Hong Kong actioner worth singling out from the glut, Jet Li is charisma–on–legs as an unflappable stunt double/bodyguard who is forced…
Kamikaze TaxiKamikaze Taxi (1995)
Dir. Masato Harada
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Kazuya Takahashi, Reiko Kataoka
An apprentice gangster fouls up his first major assignment and flees Tokyo in a taxi, the driver of which turns out to be a unlikely confident with a…
L'Amour MolestoL'Amour Molesto (Wounded Love) (1995)
Dir. Mario Martone
Feat. Anna Bonaiuto, Angela Luce, Gianni Cajafa
Filial difficulties between mother and daughter act as the centre of gravity for this Italian mystery that matches its edgy storyline with a…
L'AppartementL'Appartement (The Apartment) (1995) Recommended
Dir. Gilles Mimouni
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Romane Bohringer, Monica Bellucci
Chic Parisian thriller lifts a few motifs from VERTIGO, but adds more than a few original flourishes. Vincent Cassel is about to settle down with…
La CeremonieLa Ceremonie (Judgement in Stone, A) (1995) Recommended
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset
Veteran new–wave director Chabrol takes this HEAVENLY CREATURES–ish tale of the unholy synergy between two women, adds some class theory,…
La HaineLa Haine (Hate) (1995) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Said Taghmaoui
A distinctive French urban crime drama in which the idle hands of male youth form fisticuffs on mean urban streets. A whole lot punchier, intelligent…
Land of Milk and Honey (1995)
Dir. Joseph Destein
Feat. Lumi Cavazos, Richard Panebianco
A hired man plumbs the secrets of a Spanish–American family on a remote Californian coastal farm, in this stark, brooding melodrama. Stars…
Les MiserablesLes Miserables (1995) Recommended
Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo
Widely considered the definitive screen version of this granddaddy of French literary staples. Few concessions have been allowed in staging a…

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