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Guinevere (2001) 
- Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea 
- Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…
 
Life With Judy Garland: Me And My Shadows (2001) 
- Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
Feat. Judy Davis, Victor Garber, Hugh Laurie… 
- The amazing, slightly tragic life of Hollywood star Judy Garland is retold with Judy Davis (eventually) in the title role, in a compelling telemovie…
 
Dirty Pictures (2000) 
- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. James Woods, Craig T. Nelson 
- Based on the true–story of how the Chicago Arts Centre was prosecuted in 1990 for obscenity over an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's…
 
Farewell - Brecht's Last Summer, The (2000)
 
- Dir. Jan Schutte
Feat. Josef Bierbichler, Monika Bliebtreu, Elfriede Irrall 
- Prior knowledge of the life of playwright Bertolt Brecht (played by Josef Bierbichler) will enhance this accomplished chamber–drama, set at an…
 
Henry Fool (1998) 
- Dir. Hal Hartley
Feat. Thomas Jay Ryan, Parker Posey, James Urbaniak… 
- Hal Hartley gathers several unlikely narrative threads concerning a bottled–up trashman composing an epic poem while under the spell of…
 
Marquise (1998)
 
- Dir. Vera Belmont
Feat. Sophie Marceau 
- Bawdy, naturalistically–styled period romp about the artistic clashes between playwrights Moliere and Racine at the court of Louis XIV. Sophie…
 
Limited Edition (1997) 
- Dir. Bernard Rapp
Feat. Terence Stamp, Maria de Medeiros 
- Smalltime publisher Terence Stamp delves into a literary mystery which relates to dark events in his own background.  Maria de Medeiros (PULP…
 
Surviving Picasso (1997) 
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore… 
- Anthony Hopkins acts his beret off in this portrait of the insatiable, cantankerous Spanish genius and the trail of emotional devastation he left…
 
Lust and Revenge (1996) 
- Dir. Paul Cox
Feat. Nicholas Hope, Claudia Karvan 
- An unlikely creative partnership between the solemn, prolific Dutch–Aussie director Paul Cox (MAN OF FLOWERS, A WOMAN'S TALE) and John Clarke…
 
Paris Was a Woman (1995) 
- Dir. Greta Schiller
 
- Capturing a distinct ambience of early 20th century Paris, this feminist–orientated look at American–Parisians such as Gertrude Stein,…