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2 Days in the Valley ** (1996; Director: John Herzfeld; Starring: Danny Aiello, James Spader, Teri Hatcher) | |
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Absolute Power *** (1997; Director: Clint Eastwood; Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris) | |
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Albino Alligator ** 1/2 (1997; Director: Kevin Spacey; Starring: Matt Dillon, Gary Sinese, Faye Dunaway) Razzie Worst Supporting Actress Nominee (Dunaway) | |
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American Buffalo *** 1/2 (1996; Director: Michael Corrente; Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson) | |
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American Pie *** 1/2 (19969; Director: Paul Weitz; Starring: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Eugene Levy) | |
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Apt Pupil (Special Feature: Bryan Singer interview) ** (1997; Director: Bryan Singer; Starring: Brad Renfro, Sir Ian McKellen) | |
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Being John Malkovich ***** (1997; Director: Spike Jonze, Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener) | |
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The Big Lebowski *** 1/2 (1997; Director: Joel Coen, Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore) Golden Berlin Bear Nominee (Joel Coen) | |
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The Blair Witch Project **** (1997; Director: Dan Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez; Starring: Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard) | |
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Blood & Wine *** (1997; Director: Bob Rafelson; Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Jennifer Lopez) San Sebastian International Film Festival Silver Seashell (Caine) | |
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Body Shots ** 1/2 (1999; Director: Michael Cristofer; Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Tara Reid, Sean Patrick Flanery) | |
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Boogie Nights *** 1/2 (1997; Director: Paul Thomas Anderson; Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore) BSFC Best New Filmmaker; Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor (Reynolds); LAFCA Best Supporting Actor & Actress (Moore), New Generation Award (Anderson); NSFC Best Supporting Actor & Actress; NYFCC Best Supporting Actor | |
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The Celebration (Festen) **** (1997; Director: uncredited [Thomas Vinterberg]; Starring: Thomas Bo Larsen, Ulrich Thomsen) 1998 Cannes Jury Prize; Best Actor (Larsen), Best Feature, Sao Paulo International Film Festival; Best Film, Bodil Festival; Best Foreign Language Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards & Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards; Best Foreign Language Film Nominee, Golden Globes & Independent Spirit Awards | |
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The Celluloid Closet **** (1995; Directors: Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman; Narrator: Lily Tomlin) Sundance Freedom of Expression Award; National Educational Media Network Gold Apple; 3 Emmy Nominations | |
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La Cérémonie *** (1997; Director: Claude Chabrol; Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert) César Best Actress (Huppert); LAFCA Best Foreign Film, NSFC Best Foreign Film, Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup (Bonnaire & Huppert), Nominated for Golden Lion (Chabrol) | |
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Colin Fitz *** 1/2 (1996; Director: Robert Bella, Starring: Matt McGrath, Andy Fowle, William Macy) Official Sundance Selection; Austin Best Feature and Cinematography; Harry Knowles's "Best of the Fest" Award; WorldFest Houston Best Comedy Award | |
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Cookie's Fortune **** (1996; Director: Robert Altman, Starring: Glenn Close, Charles S. Dutton, Julianne Moore) | |
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Crash *** 1/2 (1996; Director: David Cronenberg, Starring: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Deborah Unger) Cannes Special Jury Prize, Nominated for Golden Palm | |
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Critical Care ** (1997; Director: Sidney Lumet, Starring: James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Albert Brooks) Independent Spirit Award Nominee for Best First Screenplay (Steven Schwartz) | |
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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 **** (1998; Director: Tim McCanlies; Starring: Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Ethan Embry) | |
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The Daytrippers **** (1996; Director: Greg Mottola; Starring: Hope Davis, Parker Posey, Liev Schrieber) Slamdance Grand Jury Prize; Fantasporto Directors' Week Best Screenplay (Mottola) & Special Jury Award | |
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Dogma ** (1999; Director: Kevin Smith; Starring: Linda Fiorentino, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon) | |
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Emma *** 1/2 (1996; Director: Douglas McGrath; Starring: Gwenyth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette) Academy Award Best Original Music or Comedy Score (Rachel Portman), Nominated for Best Costume Design | |
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Fetishes *** (1996; Director: Nicholas Broomfield; Starring: Mistresses Raven, Beatrice, Natasha, and Delilah) | |
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Fight Club **** 1/2 (1999; Director: David Fincher, Starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter) | |
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Fun *** 1/2 (1994; Director: Rafal Zielinski, Starring: Renée Humphrey, Alicia Witt) Sundance Special Jury Recognition for Acting (Humphrey, Witt) | |
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Gattaca **** (1997; Director: Andrew Niccol; Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law) Academy Award Nominee for Best Art Direction; Golden Globe Nominee for Best Original Score | |
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Hate (La Haine) **** (1995; Director: Mathie Kassovitz, Starring: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé Saïd Taghmaoui) Cannes Best Screenplay, Cesar Best Editor, French Film & Producer Awards, European Film Awards: Best Young Film Felix Award | |
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The House of Yes ** (1997; Director: Mark Waters, Starring: Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling) Sundance Special Recognition (Posey); Chicago Golden Hugo Nominee Best Film; Razzie Worst New Star Nominee (Spelling) | |
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The Insider **** 1/2 (1999; Director: Michael Mann, Starring: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer) | |
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In the Company of Men **** (1997; Director: Neil Labute, Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy) Sundance Filmmakers Trophy, NYFCC Best First Film, Deauville Jury Prize, Cannes Golden Camera Nominee | |
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The Iron Giant *** 1/2 (1999; Director: Brad Bird, Featuring: Eli Marienthal, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr.) | |
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It's in the Water *** (1997; Director: Kelli Herd, Starring: Keri Jo Chapman, Teresa Garrett, Derrick Sanders) | |
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Jamón Jamón **** 1/2 (1992; Director: Bigas Luna, Starring: Stefanie Sandrelli, Anna Galiena, Juan Diego) Venice Film Festival Silver Lion | |
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Just Your Luck ** 1/2 (1996; Director: Gary Auerbach; Starring: Sean Patrick Flannery, Virginia Madsen, Ernie Hudson) | |
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The Last Days of Frankie the Fly *** (1996; Director: Peter Markle; Starring: Dennis Hopper, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen) | |
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A Life Less Ordinary * 1/2 (1997; Director: Danny Boyle; Starring: Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter) | |
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Live Flesh (Carne Trémula) **** (1997; Director: Pedro Almodóvar; Starring: Javier Bardem, Liberto Rabal, Fransesca Neri) Goya Best Supporting Actor (José Sancho); Golden Satellite Best Foreign Film Nominee | |
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Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels **** 1/2 (1998; Director: Guy Ritchie, Starring: Jason Flemyng, Nick Moran, Vinnie Jones) ALFS British Film and British Screenwriter of the Year Awards; Best Director, Tokyo International Film Festival | |
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Lolita *** (1997; Director: Adrian Lyne; Starring: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Dominique Swain) | |
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Love and Death on Long Island **** (1998; Director: Richard Kwietniowski; Starring: John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi) | |
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Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink) *** 1/2 (1997; Director: Alain Berliner; Starring: Georges Du Fresne, Hélene) Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, European Film Award for Best Writing, Cannes Golden Camera Nominee | |
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microcosmos ***** (1996; Directors: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou; Narrator: Kristin Scott Thomas) Cannes Technical Grand Prize, Nominee for Golden Palm; César Awards for Best Cinematography, Editor, Music, Producer, and Sound | |
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil *** (1997; Director: Clint Eastwood; Starring: John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, Alison Eastwood) | |
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The Newton Boys *** (1998; Director: Richard Linklater; Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Dwight Yoakam) | |
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The Other Sister ** (1999; Director: Garry Marshall; Starring: Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, Diane Keaton) | |
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The People vs. Larry Flynt **** (1996; Director: Milos Forman; Starring: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton) Academy Award Nominee for Best Actor (Harrelson) and Director; Golden Berlin Bear; Golden Globe Best Director (Forman) and Screenplay; NYFCC Best Supporting Actress (Love) | |
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Playing by Heart *** 1/2 (1999; Director: Willard Carroll; Starring: Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson) | |
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Pleasantville (Special Feature: Gary Ross interview) (1999; Director: Gary Ross; Starring: Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy) Best Supporting Actress (Joan Allen): BSFC, BFCA, CFCA (Nominee), Golden Satellite, LAFCA; Best Supporting Actor (William H. Macy): BSFC | |
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The Red Violin *** (1998; Director: François Girard; Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi) | |
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Rushmore **** (1998; Director: Wes Anderson; Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams) | |
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The Saint * (1997; Director: Phillip Noyce, Starring: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue) | |
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Schindler's List (essay) ***** (1993; Director: Steven Spielberg; Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes) Winner of 7 Academy Awards (including Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay) from 12 nominations; Golden Globe Best Picture, Director and Screenplay; Director's Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Award; Humanitas Prize; Best Picture Awards from LAFCA, NYFCC and NSFC; Writer's Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay; ASC and BSC Best Cinematography Awards (Janusz Kaminski) | |
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Smilla's Sense of Snow *** (1997; Director: Bille August; Starring: Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris) | |
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Soulmates **** (1997; Director: Duane Clark; Starring: Christine Cavanaugh, Bill Cobbs, Zachary Throne) | |
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Space Jam ** 1/2 (1996; Director: Joe Pytka, Starring: Michael Jordan, Bill Murray, the Looney Tunes) | |
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Summer of Sam ** (1999; Director: Spike Lee, Starring: John Leguizamo, Mira Sorvino, Adrien Brody) | |
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Sweet Hereafter **** 1/2 (1997; Director: Atom Egoyan; Starring: Ian Holm, Gabrielle Rose, Sarah Polley) 1997 Academy Award Nominee (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay); BSFC Best Supporting Actress (Polley); Cannes Grand Prize of the Jury; Genie Awards for Best Picture, Direction, Actor (Holm), etc.; Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film | |
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle * 1/2 (1999; Director: Kevin Williamson, Starring: Katie Holmes, Helen Mirren, Marisa Coughlan) | |
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Telling Lies in America *** (1997; Director: Guy Ferland; Starring: Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro, Calista Flockhart) | |
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The Thin Red Line *** 1/2 (1999; Director: Terrence Mallick; Starring: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas) | |
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Uncut ** 1/2 (1997; Director: John Greyson; Starring: Matthew Ferguson, Michael Acthman, Damon D'Oliveira) | |
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Toy Story 2 ***** (1997; Director: John Lasseter; Featuring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack) | |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animations **** (1996; Director: Nick Park; "Starring": Wallace, Gromit, Pib, Pob) | |
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Welcome to the Dollhouse **** 1/2 (1996; Director: Todd Solondz; Starring: Heather Matarazzo, Brendan Sexton Jr., Matthew Faber) CICAE Forum of Young Film Award; Sundance Grand Jury Prize | |
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The Wings of the Dove **** 1/2 (1997; Director: Iain Softley; Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott) Academy Award Nominee for Best Actress (Carter), Cinematorgraphy, Costume Design; BSFC Best Actress; BFCA Best Actress; LAFCA Best Actress; NBR Best Actress | |
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The Winslow Boy **** (1999; Director: David Mamet; Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam) | |