Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Sum of Us, The (1994)- Dir. Kevin Dowling, Geoff Burton
Feat. Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe - Jack Thompson and Russell Crowe star in this screen adaptation of David Stevens' heralded stageplay as the ultra–liberal widower and his…
And the Band Played On (1993)- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Richard Gere, Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin… - The story of the AIDS epidemic from a medical viewpoint and their immediate patients is satisfying once it cuts through laboratory double–talk.
Blue (1993)- Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Derek Jarman, John Quentin, Nigel Terry… - Against a simple, unchanging blue screen, Derek Jarman weaves intricate collages of sound, music and poetry. A moving self–portrait, as the…
Boy's Life, A (1993)- Dir. Todd Haynes, Raoul O'Connell, Peggy Rajski
- Three short – and very different – short films about growing up gay, from the little boy who likes a soap star in Todd Haynes' remarkable…
Desperate Remedies (1993)
- Dir. Peter Wells, Stewart Main
Feat. Michael Hurst, Cliff Curtis, Kevin Smith… - An audacious, decadent soap–opera which proudly flaunts its contempt for traditional local film–making with drugs, kinky sex,…
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Sean Young… - A joyously ropey adaptation of Tom Robbins beloved 1970s novel in which a big–thumbed hitch–hiker (Uma Thurman) eventually hooks up at a…
Farewell My Concubine (1993)- Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Gong Li, Leslie Cheung - Lavish, episodic journey through 20th Century Chinese history, encompassing more revolutions than a 45. Joint winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes is…
For a Lost Soldier (1993)- Dir. Roeland Kerbosch
Feat. Maarten Smit, Jeroen Krabbe, Andrew Kelley - A dance teacher recalls his childhood love affair with a Canadian soldier at the end of WW2. Taboo subject is subtly drawn and fulfils the director's…
M Butterfly (1993)- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeremy Irons, John Lone - Bizarre true–story of a French diplomat's long–term sexual relationship with a Chinese opera singer who managed to conceal the fact that…
Philadelphia (1993)- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington - First major Hollywood AIDS movie is more concerned with prejudice than the disease itself, and is effective in its aim to educate as much as…
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