All Films

Idlaflickorna

1996 • 58 min • Sweden

A meeting between two old ladies on a tourist trip. Lillemor is polite and a bit naive, while Barbro is demanding and challenging.

Bronze: Zetsuai Since 1989

1996 • 45 min • Japan

Famous rockstar Kouji Nanjou has fallen in love with Izumi Takuto, a soccer player with dreams of seeing "real" soccer in Italy. In angsty boy-love fashion, the story consists of Kouji stopping at nothing to have Izumi stay with him, Izumi dealing with his feelings until the time comes where he has no choice but to decide, and all the other things the two must face and the problems from Kouji's family.

Alliance of Desire

1996 • 60 min • Japan

Veteran detective Ishiyama and novice detective Kawanishi are in charge of a case in which a young man was raped and then murdered in a hotel. Kawanishi begins investigating Otori and comes into contact with several men. Is the culprit a martial arts enthusiast, an SM enthusiast, or someone unexpected? During the investigation, the following incident occurs. Kawanishi becomes lustful every time he meets men and begins to realize that he is gay. What did Kawanishi see the next morning, intoxicated with dazzling pleasure?

Heat After Dark

1996 • 50 min • Japan

Heat After Dark is director Ryuhei Kitamura's first theatrical release. This 50 minute film is predominantly a character study within an intense action drama. Those familiar with Kitamura's later works, perhaps especially Versus will realize this is the beginning of his characetristic modus operandi. Here, the well defined characters consist of the innocent (the cop), the relatively good (Atsuro Watabe), the relatively bad (Shinichi Suzuki), and the absolutely bad (Shigeru Izumiya ), and a few other Yakuza hoodlums thrown in for entertainment.

19

1996 • 51 min • Japan

A short film made before the feature adaptation four years later. A group of men are travelling aimlessly, repeating the chaotic behaviour of "stealing what they want and throwing it away when they don't need it". They kidnap a university student in broad daylight on the streets. The university student is taken in without knowing why, and although he is frightened at first, he gradually becomes fascinated by the pace of the three men, who are somewhat unlikeable. Then, one of the university students accidentally shoots and kills someone. The four set off to dump the body, but their car gets caught at a checkpoint...

Chikan densha: Kaiijiri

1996 • 59 min • Japan

Bank employee Ando witnesses Miki being groped on the train. He then becomes an obsessed stalker...

South Park: The Unaired Pilot

1996 • 28 min • United States of America

A short film that is the before product of the episode Cartman Gets an Anal Probe. The episode that was to become the pilot for the critically-acclaimed and beloved television series *South Park*.

Out of the Blur

1996 • 30 min • Hong Kong

14 vignettes without dialogue.

Hitozuma furin: Nokezoru

1996 • 60 min • Japan

Kyoko wants to have a child with her husband but he is infertile. This leads her to other men...

Pennywise: Home Movies

1996 • 42 min • United States of America

Documentary of shows and experiences of Southern California's punk rock band.

The Wire

1996 • 3 min • United States of America

A man discovers a wire coming from his back and follows said wire to an outlet where it's plugged into.

Sugared Peas

1996 • 12 min

Unrequited love gets a second chance when two women reunite several years after attending convent school together.

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

1996 • 60 min • United States of America

Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy. Inevitably, Hollywood called and by 1955 Shirley was cast in Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry." It wasn't too long before the fine dramatic roles also came to her opposite the most popular leading men of the time, like Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum.

Streetwise

1996 • 50 min • United Kingdom

This film looks at the tough training regime undertaken by London's black cab drivers as they prepare for one of the hardest examinations they will ever take. It takes years to get to grips with the intricate road network and tangle of streets that weave their way through the heart of the capital and 70 per cent of applicants fail to finish. With repeat appearances at the Public Carriage Office to take the examination, it's a bumpy road to the coveted green badge.

Loaded

1996 • 9 min • Australia

The original Blue-Tongue Films production.

Space Ship Remnant 6

1996 • 45 min • Japan

In the year 2046, overpopulation and exhaustion of resources has forced humanity to travel into space. A colony is established on Mars. This film is about what happens when one cargo ship traveling between Mars and Earth collides with an asteroid.

Spooky Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast

1996 • 50 min • Japan

Kitaro is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery and, aside from his mostly decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost Tribe (幽霊族 yūrei zoku?). He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.

Atonement

1996 • 60 min • Japan

A father who is lazy with money. Kai, the son who always wipes his father's butt. He's a very healthy man. Even if his father sold him to a former male prostitute, Kai could not abandon his father. The person who kindly watches over him is Ryosuke, the owner of the beach house where the father and son suddenly drop by. Ryosuke tries to help Kai somehow, but...

Rôjin no sei: Wakazuma ikenie

1996 • 60 min • Japan

Sousuke Mita's son, Tsuruo, got married in his mid-30s. Sousuke thought he could live happily ever after, but his wife, Hiroe, makes a sly request that he leave him in a nursing home, since one of the conditions of their marriage was that he not live with his parents. Sousuke, who was tired of staying at home, met two old men at the park. Their hobby was to rape married women who made fun of the elderly, armed with balaclavas and goggles, as the silver corps "Gateball Gators"! When Sousuke learns of this, he plans to punish Yue. What exactly is Sousuke's plan...

SM kyôshi: Oshiego ni shibarete

1996 • 60 min • Japan

Miho, a female teacher, feels bored in her relationship with an ordinary office worker and complains to Ezaki. This leads to Ezaki forcing her into a physical relationship, and from then on he starts forcing her into sadistic sex, but she finds herself getting very excited by it...She continues to indulge in her carnal desires every day, but one day she is finally seen by a student. At first he is shaken by the act of his admired teacher, but Ezaki encourages him...

Fake

1996 • 55 min • Japan

Meet Dee Laytner and his half-Japanese partner, Ryo McLane, a pair of detectives from New York. Not only are these two always chasing down criminals, but Dee can't stop himself from trying to 'chase' Ryo. While on a trip to England, Dee hopes to make his feelings for Ryo known but uninvited guests and a string of murders gets in the way. The pair become involved in the local crime scene when Japanese Americans start turning up dead. Will Ryo be in danger?

Small Deaths

1996 • 11 min • United Kingdom

Based on personal memories and experiences of childhood, set in and around a Glasgow housing scheme. A triptych of moments of reflection and loss in one girl's childhood and adolescence.

Sexorcist

1996 • 40 min • Japan

Silhouettes are robots controlled by human thoughts, originally created to help mankind. When human thoughts turn lustful, Silhouettes can be very dangerous! Rika and Sandy, two Silhouette scientists, are drawn into the world of sex crime, to uncover the evil men who have perverted their creations and they will become the next victims of the lusty Silhouettes. Based on the game by Forest

Monochrome

1996 • 60 min • Japan

A rape incident occurs at a famous park in Hattenba. The victims are Yoshio (Ken Masuda) and Kurita (Tatsuya Koizumi). A man approached them claiming to be a photographer, tied their arms and legs, robbed them of their freedom with a metal rod, raped them, and then took photos of them and scattered them around. Yoshio consults his lover, barman Satoshi (Tetsuo Uta), and decides to catch the rapist.