June 6, 1996
Carla’s Song (1996) *
Simplistic political film about the war in Nicaragua. The Sandinistas - good, the Contras - bad.
Angels & Insects (1996) **
A cross between Peter Greenaway and James Ivory, a sensual, but cold film about natural history, desire, perversion and love.
Different For Girls (1996) **
An unusual love affair between a straight man (Rupert Graves) and a transexual woman (Steven Macintosh), who used to be best friends in an all-boys school. Winner of the Grand Prix at the Montreal festival, it's a touching, sometimes funny, always surprising little film.
Intimate Relations (1996) **
Sexual perversion in 1950's England. Very funny, but also extremely disturbing film.
Lust And Revenge (1996) **
Kinky Australian comedy about a rich divorcee lusting after a married man who poses nude.
The War Within: A Portrait Of Virginia Woolf (1996) *
The life and work of the famous English writer.
Fire (1996) *
Two Indian housewives, ignored by their husbands, turn to each other for affection and sex.
Beautiful Thing (1996) *
Earnest, but rather lame movie about two English boys who gradually realize that they are gay. An unsuccessful attempt to imitate Ken Loach and Mike Leigh.
Bones Of The Forest (1996) *
A documentary about environmental destruction in British Columbia. The bitter and defeatist tone of the film severly undermines its impact on viewers. Its political rhetoric comes across as hopeless whining.
Joe's So Mean To Josephine (1996) *
A young woman gets involved with a slighly unbalanced young man.
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