Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Flower of My Secret, The (1996)- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Marisa Paredes - An artistic maturing for the director of kitsch sex comedies like HIGH HEELS and KIKA, this is an introspective study of a successful authoress…
Libertarias (1996)- Dir. Vincente Aranda
Feat. Victoria Abril, Ana Belen, Miguel Bose… - Examining the Spanish Civil War from a left–wing point–of–view, this passionate war drama focuses on a trio of women – a…
D'Artagnan's Daughter (Revenge of the Musketeers) (1995)- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret - This gleefully French swashbuckler checks in as a loose sequel to the Three Muskeeters. The magnetic Sophie Marceau stars as the feisty titular…
La Ceremonie (Judgement in Stone, A) (1995)- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset - Veteran new–wave director Chabrol takes this HEAVENLY CREATURES–ish tale of the unholy synergy between two women, adds some class theory,…
Wing Chun (1994)- Dir. Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen - Martial–arts star Michelle Yeoh lends some charisma to a cotton–sugar tale of remote villagers plagued by robbers. In the title role Yeoh…
Bandit Queen (1993)- Dir. Shekhar Kapur
Feat. Seema Biswas - Far and away from the innocuous fluff that dominates India's film industry, comes this bold, controversial true story of Phoolan Devi, a notorious…
Moon Warriors (1993)- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui - Flashy feudal martial arts adventure features the high kicks of Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui, in a battle of noble siblings to regain the…
Dragon Inn (New Dragon Gate Inn) (1992)- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung (Kar-fai)… - Gory Ming Dynasty–set epic in which forces of good and evil clash swords over the fate of feudal China. An extravagant climax, featuring…
Naked Killer (1992)- Dir. Clarence Fok-Yiu
Feat. Chingmy Yau, Simon Yam, Carrie Ng - Sex and violence potently combust in a tale of nubile assassins and a love–struck, traumatised cop. The plot may typically wander but it…
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