Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1993)- Dir. Masayuki Suo
Feat. Masahiro Motoki, Misa Shimizu, Naoto Takenaka - Unabashed low–brow comedy about a gang of misfits who tussle it out in a Tokyo University wrestling ring, which also serves as the circle in…
Swing Kids (1993)
- Dir. Thomas Carter
Feat. Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley - Affecting drama about the young sub–culture of pre–war Germany, who traded Nazi–ism for American jazz culture. A rare insight into…
This Boy's Life (1993)- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio - An exemplary bittersweet nostalgia piece based on the autobiography of Tobias Wolfe. Sheer craft elevates the sombre material, with Robert De Niro,…
Totally F***ed Up (1993)- Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid… - A corrosive portrait of a group of alienated gay comrades, and the first (and perhaps best) part of dir. Araki's 'teen apocalypse trilogy' (completed…
Wayne's World 2 (1993)- Dir. Stephen Surjik
Feat. Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken… - Party time for Mike Myers and Dana Carvey again in this not–quite–so–excellent sequel.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio… - An off–beat delight that's quirky take on tin–pot America is never at the expense of its truthfulness or poignancy. The ballad of the…
When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)- Dir. Fred Walton
Feat. Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen - Sequel to the 1979 classic WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, with the same director and much of the same cast. Babysitter Julia is looking after two kids…
Class Act (1992)- Dir. Randall Miller
Feat. Meshach Taylor, Rick Ducommun - Funky feature with HOUSE PARTY rap act Kid 'n' Play as a straight–A student and street–wise homeboy who have their identities switched at…
Crush (1992)- Dir. Alison Maclean
Feat. Marcia Gay Harden - A downbeat analysis of female personal politics, with Marcia Gay Harden, an American vixen in Rotorua who neglects her dear friend recently paralysed…
- Doppelganger (1992)
- Dir. Avi Nesher
Feat. Drew Barrymore - Drew Barrymore plays an innocent who moves in with a budding horror scriptwriter – ultimately providing him with plenty of source material.…
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