Main content | Search | Section navigation menu | Site-wide navigation menu

Main menu

 
 
 

Subgenre Sampler

 
Rhodes (TV Mini-series)Rhodes (TV Mini-series) (1996)
Dir. David Drury
Feat. Martin Shaw, Frances Barber, Joe Shaw
Lengthy but worth–it biopic telling the story of Cecil Rhodes, the 19th–Century businessman who was sent to Africa to die, but came back…
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…
SafeSafe (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Julianne Moore, Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley
This subtly gripping and rewarding portrait of neurosis stars Julianne Moore as a fragile '80s LA housewife who takes refuge at a health compound in…
Secrets and LiesSecrets and Lies (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Claire Rushbrook
Winner of the Palm D'or at Cannes '96, and surprise box–office smash thanks to good old word of mouth. A dramatic tour–de–force…
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…
ShineShine (1996) Recommended
Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor
Geoffrey Rush's upset win of the Best Actor Oscar was the jewel in the crown of this little Oz movie's incredibly charmed life. A moving recital…
SleepersSleepers (1996)
Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Dustin Hoffman
Based on a purportedly fact–based novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra, a disastrous prank lands four schoolboys in a borstal where they suffer…
Small FacesSmall Faces (1996)
Dir. Gillies MacKinnon
Feat. Iain Robertson, Joseph McFadden
An anti–nostalgic hark back to the mean streets of late '60s Glasgow into which a wee spotty lad becomes unwittingly drawn. Eschewing the…
Snow White in the Black ForestSnow White in the Black Forest (A Tale of Terror) (1996)
Dir. Michael Cohn
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill
A Brothers Grimm fairytale more grim than fairy–ish. Sigourney Weaver steps into the wicked–stepmother robes for a nice little bedtime…
Some Mother's SonSome Mother's Son (1996)
Dir. Terry George
Feat. Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen
The ever–topical Northern Ireland conflict provides more inspiration for the writer of IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, here dissecting the moral…

Results Page   Prev | 512 | 513 | 514 | 515 | 516 | 517 | 518 Next    Show All

Display
Display
Order
Order