Subgenre Sampler
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…
Tales of the City (TV Series) (1993)- Dir. Alastair Reid, Pierre Gang
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Laura Linney - A rich, entertaining tele–translation of Armistead Maupin's lauded short–stories set in 1976 San Fransisco, that cleverly interweaves the…
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