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Richard IIIRichard III (1996) Recommended
Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jnr.
Transposed to a fascist 1930s Britain, Shakespeare's classic tale of power politics easily renews its timeless appeal. Ian McKellen commands every…
Self Made Hero, ASelf Made Hero, A (1996)
Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Mathieu Kassovitz
Mattieu Kassovitz (director of LA HAINE) proves to be no slouch actor here as a WW2 idler who swats up and cheekily ascends the ranks of the…
Before the RainBefore the Rain (1995) Recommended
Dir. Milcho Manchevski
Feat. Rade Serbedzija, Katrin Cartlidge, Gregoire Colin
The impotence of violence is the uniting theme of this masterful triptych that traverses the ravaged terrain of both Macedonia and modern London. An…
Black Sun: The Nanking MassacreBlack Sun: The Nanking Massacre (1995)
Dir. T.F. Mous
This extreme 'shocker' depicts in grisly detail the story of the massacre of 300 000 Chinese by Japanese soldiers following the invasion of Nanking…
Crimson TideCrimson Tide (1995)
Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Viggo Mortensen
Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington clash ethics as Captain and deputy on a US submarine entering hostile waters of a Russian renegade. Nuclear war…
Major PayneMajor Payne (1995)
Dir. Nick Castle
Feat. Damon Wayans, Michael Ironside, Karyn Parsons
Comedy following a major in the U.S. Marine Corps who, after receiving an unwanted honourable discharge, is recruited to train a bunch of delinquent…
Promise, ThePromise, The (1995)
Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
Feat. Corinna Harfouch, Meret Becker, August Zirner
Separated while trying to cross the Berlin Wall to the West in 1961, two lovers traverse thirty odd years of German history apart, yet faithful. This…
War StoriesWar Stories (War Stories our Mothers never told us) (1995) Recommended
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Remarkable documentary manages to compel almost exclusively via the spoken word as seven elderly women offer candid yet articulate and boldy frank…
An Unforgettable SummerAn Unforgettable Summer (Un été inoubliable) (1994)
Dir. Lucian Pintilie
Feat. Kristin Scott Thomas, Claudiu Bleont
Spare, well–realized drama taking place in 1925 on the Romanian/Bulgarian border, where Capitaine Petre Dumitriu (Bleont) and his wife…
George Stevens: D-Day to BerlinGeorge Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994)
Dir. George Stevens
Short but powerful documentary, chiefly distinguished by its colour footage – shot by Hollywood film director George Stevens in the months…

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