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Film Festivals 1997

Yet another all-sorts year with something for all tastes. From Atom Egoyan's controversial "The Sweet Hereafter" and Kirby Dick's provocative "Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Lanagan, Supermasochist" to the warm and witty "Kolya" from the Czech Republic and the harrowing and visually stunning "Zero Kelvin" from Norway. The Wachowski Brothers' stylish contemporary noir "Bound" was good company for David Cronenberg's not-for-all-tastes minor masterpiece "Crash". Peter Greenaway offered up his stylistic "The Pillow Book".

Kolya (1996)

7.8/10
Director: Jan Sverak
Starring: Zdenek Sverak, Andrej Chalimon, Libuse Safrankova

This warm and witty seriocomedy follows a down-and-out cellist and confirmed bachelor who agrees to a marriage of convenience with a friend's beautifu... Read more

Madame Butterfly (1996)

7/10
Director: Frederic Mitterrand
Starring: Ying Huang, Richard Troxell, Ning Liang

Martin Scorsese presents Madame Butterfly, the heart-wrenching story of a beautiful young geisha who sacrifices her family, her religion and ultimatel... Read more

Microcosmos (1996)

7.9/10
Director: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou

A film of exquisite beauty following a day in the life of a French meadow: a thistle bursting into flower; a bee hovering over a clutch of poppies; an... Read more

Pillow Talk (1959)

7.5/10
Director: Michael Gordon
Starring: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter

Rock Hudson and Doris Day are at their best in their first romantic comedy together. Doris is an uptight interior decorator forced to share a party li... Read more

Prisoner of the Mountains (1996)

7.6/10
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Starring: Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr

This devastating drama, based loosely on Tolstoy's Prisoner of the Caucsus, tells of two Russian soldiers captured by Chechen rebels and held in an im... Read more

Rats In The Ranks (1996)

8/10
Director: Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
Starring: Larry Hand

This bruising political doco follows the squabbles in a Sydney suburb between the Mayor and City Councillors. The filmmakers gained an extraordinary d... Read more

Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

6/10
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto P Quintavalle, Aldo Valetti

Pasolini's final and most controversial film has been banned, censored and reviled the world over since it's first release. The film is based on the M... Read more

Swingers (1996)

7.3/10
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Ron Livingston, Jon Favreau, Heather Graham

Doug Liman's debut is a surprisingly winning look at the romantic and social entanglements of a group of Los Angeles lounge lizards. Jon Favreau and V... Read more

Swingers ( Blu-ray ) (1996)

7.3/10
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Heather Graham, Jon Favreau, Ron Livingston, Vince Vaughn, Patrick Van Horn, Ale...

Doug Liman's debut is a surprisingly winning look at the romantic and social entanglements of a group of Los Angeles lounge lizards. Jon Favreau and V... Read more

The Daytrippers (1995)

6.9/10
Director: Greg Mottola
Starring: Hope Davis, Parker Posey, Stanley Tucci, Liev Schreiber, Campbell Scott, Pat McN...

Happily married Eliza (Hope Davis) discovers a letter written to her husband Louis (Stanley Tucci), signed 'Forever Sandy'. Her curiosity pricked by t... Read more