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Subgenre Sampler

 
Imaginary CrimesImaginary Crimes (1994)
Dir. Anthony Drazan
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Kelly Lynch, Fairuza Balk
Con–man Harvey Keitel attempts to raise two daughters after their mother dies, and struggles to reconcile the demands of parenthood with his…
SecretsSecrets (1993)
Dir. Michael Pattinson
Feat. Noah Taylor, Willa O'Neill
During the Beatles' Melbourne tourdate of 1964, four Beatle–maniacs and an Elvis fan find themselves trapped together in a hotel basement,…
Midnight Clear, AMidnight Clear, A (1992) Recommended
Dir. Keith Gordon
Feat. Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross
A provocative, suspenseful anti–war parable about a fresh–faced American platoon assigned to an abandoned chateau near the German border…
MimaMima (1992)
Dir. Philomene Esposito
Feat. Nino Manfredi, Margarita Lozano, Virginie Ledoyen
The first–time director captures the nuance and feeling of her own experience as a young girl who witnesses the mysterious disappearance of her…
Waterland (1992)
Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Lena Headey
Jeremy Irons plays a history teacher in America who recounts his own suppressed coming of age to his cynical students. Adapted from Graham Swift's…
London Kills MeLondon Kills Me (1991)
Dir. Hanif Kureishi
Feat. Justin Chadwick, Stephen Mackintosh, Emer McCourt
MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE writer Kureishi directs a young ensemble for his glossy depiction of drug–dealing squatters in London's Notting Hill.…
On My Own (1991)
Dir. Antonio Tibaldi
Feat. Judy Davis
Coming–of–age tale draws a devastating performance from Judy Davis as the imbalanced mother of a fifteen–year–old boarding…
C'est La Vie (1990)
Dir. Diane Kurys
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Richard Berry
Another twee autobiographical snapshot, set at a French holiday resort in a late–'50s summer. A teenager's coming of age is marked by the…
Hush-A-Bye-BabyHush-A-Bye-Baby (1989)
Dir. Margo Harkin
Feat. Seamus Ball, Rosina Brown, Sean Carlin
Excellent portrayal, using 'workshop' methods, of the tribulations of four teenage girls in Northern Ireland, as they negotiate the local facts of…
Matter of Degrees, A (1989)
Dir. W.T. Morgan
Feat. Arye Gross, Sarah Bork
Student life on a Long Island university campus, centering around the imminent commercialisation of their beloved radio station. Well–made…

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