Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
Clay Pigeons (1998)
- Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix, Janeane Garofalo
- Vince Vaughn's crazy cowpoke killer slices up the Montana natives and finds a fall guy in gullible yokel Joaquin Phoenix (who turns in a mercifully…
Cookie's Fortune (1998)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Glenn Close, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell…
- A satisfying, home–spun Southern patchwork, stuffed with little–biddy–town idiosyncracies and a slightly kooky plot surrounding the…
Crackers (1998)
- Dir. David Swann
Feat. Warren Mitchell, Peter Rowsthorn, Susan Lyons
- Exploring the rituals and humour of a Melbourne suburban backyard at Christmas time as four generations of a typical clan booze and squabble their…
Dead Man's Curve (1998)
- 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…
Dear Claudia (1998)
- Dir. Chris Cudlipp
Feat. Aleksandra Vujcic, Bryan Brown
- Interesting premise has rural flying–postie Bryan Brown and hitchhiker Aleksandra Vujcic (BROKEN ENGLISH) plane–wrecked in remote parts,…
Deconstructing Harry (1998)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Bob Balaban…
- Woody Allen's most unruly comedy in years is an excoriating satire on his 'public–image': morally–depraved author Harry Blok, in a…
Dinner Game, The (1998)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret
- Gourmet–grade French farce from the maestro of the genre – well–packaged, delivered without haste, indeed delicious, if a slightly…
Divorcing Jack (1998)
- Dir. David Caffrey
Feat. David Thewlis
- David Thewlis (NAKED) does what he does best as a hard–drinking, hard–bitten hack who, after a rotten series of luck, musters up the…
Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill (1998)
- Dir. Larry Jordan
Feat. Eddie Izzard
- British comedian Eddie Izzard gives a dazzling stand–up show, live in San Francisco in 1998. Includes a brief mock–tourism film.
Final Cut (1998)
- Dir. Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
Feat. Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Ray Winstone
- A sordidly comic tale of sex, lies and 8mm film – eleven 'friends' gather for the funeral of a film–maker (Jude Law) and discover that…