Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 795 Films to Buy & Rent
Washington Square (1997)
- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith…
- Portrait of a lady adapted from the pen of Henry James profits from an exemplary Jennifer Jason Leigh performance – as an eccentric, plain…
Antonia's Line (1996)
- Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Jan Decleir
- The deserving winner of the '96 Best Foreign Film Oscar recalls the 50 year history of matriarch Antonia and her defiantly unconventional brood in…
Babysitters' Club (1996)
- Dir. Melanie Mayron
Feat. Brooke Adams, Peter Horton, Ellen Burstyn…
- For the girl club–members, about to encounter the world of high–school, those treasured nights of babysitting may be over. Based on the…
Bound (1996)
- Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Feat. Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon
- Modern film noir madeover in lesbian chic – Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon pout, titillate and conspire their way through the moral marshlands…
Craft, The (1996)
- Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell…
- The director of THREESOME conjures a fast–paced and slick tale of teenage outcasts who prefer to look pretty in black than pink. It's a dark…
Diabolique (1996)
- Dir. Jeremiah Chechik
Feat. Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri
- Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani and Chazz Palminteri star in this flashy remake of the 1955 French classic, LES DIABOLIQUES. Strictly for those that…
Dogs (Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint) (1996)
- Dir. Eve Annenburg
Feat. Pam Columbus, Pam Gray, Melody Beal…
- Four Brooklyn women opt for a life of running an illegal bookie joint, over the dead–end, unemployed lifestyle of the local area. In her debut,…
Emma (1996)
- Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi…
- A clued up reworking of Jane Austen's classic, set in 19th century England, about a congenial young lady's well–intentioned but misjudged…
Entertaining Angels (1996)
- Dir. Michael Ray Rhodes
Feat. Moira Kelly, Martin Sheen
- Stirring biopic of American champion of the poor Dorothy Day (played with passion by Moira Kelly), who rose from obscurity in 1920s New York to…
Evita (1996)
- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Madonna, Antonio Banderas
- The Broadway Extravaganza, complete with Madonna, wall–to–wall songs and political melodrama, is bravely swallowed whole by Hollywood. …