As China urbanises, a man stagnates in this masterful and revelatory feature debut by Jia Zhangke, shot in 16mm and featuring non-professional actors.
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Pickpocket (1998)
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Tag / 1998
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August 32nd on Earth (1998)
Chanelling the free spirit of the French New Wave, Villeneuve’s first feature is stylistically bold but falls short as a narrative about two ex-lovers who cannot be together.
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Following (1998)
Startlingly assured debut by Christopher Nolan in this noir-mystery that lays the first brick for ‘Memento‘ (2000) and ‘Inception‘ (2010).
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Sitcom (1998)
Banned in Singapore, Ozon’s early satirical if uneven black comedy asks of us to reimagine the limits of morality as a middle-class family ‘rebalances’ itself through debauchery, sadomasochism and incest.
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Apple, The (1998)
You wouldn’t expect this mature and revelatory work to have been directed by a 17-year old woman in Iran.
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After Life (1998)
Kore-eda’s second fiction feature sees him take on themes of memory and the afterlife through a meta-cinematic lens.
Happiness (1998)
One of the greatest modern transgressive American films ever made, directed by Todd Solondz with remarkable sensitivity and total control of tonal shifts.
Big Lebowski, The (1998)
Continue reading →This wild concoction of profane humour and bizarre antics, and an unusual narrative that doesn’t quite amount to anything, is perhaps the most cultish of all Coens’ pictures, but not necessarily one of their best.
Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
Continue reading →Like “The Assassin”, this is one of Hou’s most formally exquisite works – a gorgeous and sensuous take on the period costume drama.
