Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8102 Films to Buy & Rent
Chinese Box (1998)
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung
- Set in Hong Kong just prior to the British handover to China, this follows the last dissatisfied days of dying journalist Jeremy Irons as he pads the…
City of Angels (1998)
- Dir. Brad Silberling
Feat. Meg Ryan, Nicolas Cage
- Hollywood resurrects Wim Wenders' classic WINGS OF DESIRE as a syrupy romantic vehicle for eligible everywoman Meg Ryan.
A leaden, fatally miscast…
Coming Home (TV mini-series) (1998)
- Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Joanna Lumley, Peter O'Toole, Emily Mortimer…
- Star–studded adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's best–selling novel of love, friendship and the discovery of womanhood set on the Cornish…
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…
Così ridevano (The Way We Laughed) (1998)
- Dir. Gianni Amelio
Feat. Enrico Lo Verso, Francesco Giuffrida
- A superbly novelistic epic set amid the rigours of post–WW2 Italy where two poor Sicilian brothers settle in northern Turin in search of future…
Dance Me to My Song (1998)
- Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Heather Rose
- Like the thriller PROOF, this Australian drama grapples with the subtle psychology of disability, here involving lead actress (and co–creator)…
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
- Dir. Pat O'Connor
Feat. Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack
- The acclaimed stageplay by Brian Friel is given a top notch cast to embody the passionate Irish dilemmas of its characters. Family and National…
Dawson's Creek (TV Series) (1998-2002)
- Dir. Rodman Flender, Arvin Brown
Feat. Katie Holmes, James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams…
- The popular post–modern teen melodrama created by the writer of SCREAM, Kevin Williamson. On tape – two favourite episodes: ‘The…
Dead Letter Office (1998)
- Dir. John Ruane
Feat. Miranda Otto
- Miranda Otto impresses as a perky lonely–heart who's lifelong search for her missing father resumes when she gets a job at the postal Dead…
Deep Impact (1998)
- Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Morgan Freeman…
- Contrasting the gung–ho cartoonery of the other meteor–disaster–pic, ARMAGEDDON, this chooses to show the 'human side' of an…