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Guinevere (2001): Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea; Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…
Interstate 60 (2001): Dir. Bob Gale
Feat. James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Kurt Russell…; An appealingly quirky teen road movie from the writer of the BACK TO THE FUTURE series, in which Marsden sets out on the mythical American highway,…
Trixie (2000): Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Emily Watson, Nick Nolte, Dermot Mulroney…; Uneven attempt at a film–noir spoof by cult dir. Rudolph (who did it better in LOVE AT LARGE) with Emily Watson as a low–wattage…
20 Dates (1999): Dir. Myles Berkowitz; Queasily, both a documentary and 'mockumentary'; the director set out to make a movie and find himself a girlfriend at the same time, organising 20…
Elephant Juice (1999): Dir. Sam Miller
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Sean Gallagher, Daniel Lapaine; The makers of the cult late–night TV–series ‘This Life’, extract a similar blend of drama, ennui and pathos from the lives of…
It's the Rage (1999): Dir. James D. Stern
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Gary Sinise…; This caustic, precocious black comedy/satire of America's obsession with guns is a roundelay of violent and volatile confrontations that eventually…
Jerry and Tom (1999): Dir. Saul Rubinek
Feat. Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy…; Adding mileage to the crime–caper genre, Joe Mantegna plays a hitman who puts used–car salesman Sam Rockwell (LAWN DOGS) through a droll…
L.A. Without a Map (1999): Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. David Tennant, Vincent Gallo, Julie Delpy…; A young Scottish undertaker (Tennant) follows an aspiring American actress back to La–la land, where he competes with the shallow excesses and…
Playing by Heart (1999): Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson…; Ambitious multi–character film along the lines of SHORT CUTS, likewise set in the varying social strata of Los Angeles, but infused with…
Dead Man's Curve (1998): Dir. Dan Rosen
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell, Dana Delaney; Taking malicious advantage of a school–policy loophole, two desperate students conspire to dress up the murder of their room–mate as a…
Next Stop, Wonderland (1998): Dir. Brad Anderson
Feat. Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman; Hope Davis (DAYTRIPPERS) utterly captivates as a jilted blonde indisposed to the dating scene, who finds little sign of Mr. Right in the long queue…
Other Sister, The (1998): Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt; Free–spirited, yet 'simple' Juliette Lewis runs riot much to the consternation of her uptight parents, Diane Keaton and Tom…
Clockwatchers (1997): Dir. Jill Sprecher
Feat. Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow…; Four office temps band together in an oppressive (and outdated?) corporate environment – too bad they're caricatures: Toni Collette is…
Shooting Fish (1997): Dir. Stefan Schwartz
Feat. Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend, Kate Beckinsale; Smarmy, contrived romantic comedy with anarchic pretensions and loads o' pop music for the kids, desperately shoots for mainstream success ala 'Four…
Denise Calls Up (1996): Dir. Hal Selwen
Feat. Alannah Ubach, Tim Daly; Twee New York low–budget indie in which six people, most of whom have never met, conduct the gamut of human relations using only the telephone.…
Dogs (Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint) (1996): Dir. Eve Annenburg
Feat. Pam Columbus, Pam Gray, Melody Beal…; Four Brooklyn women opt for a life of running an illegal bookie joint, over the dead–end, unemployed lifestyle of the local area. In her debut,…
Girl 6 (1996): Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Theresa Randle, Madonna, Naomi Campbell…; Spike Lee's risque fable of the phone sex and role–playing favours glamour over substance, so treat it like a black SHOWGIRLS with phones.…
Small Time (1996): Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Shane Meadows; Shane Meadows stars with his mates in his rough 'n' ready featurette, shot for five grand on digital video. He makes a fast and able riff through…
Kicking and Screaming (1995): Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Josh Hamilton, Eric Stoltz, Elliott Gould…; Several college grads flounder in love and with prospects of the future. Dialogue–intensive comedy borrows its philosophical vantage and acting…
I Like It Like That (1994): Dir. Darnell Martin
Feat. Griffin Dunne, Rita Moreno; Dynamic, funny Bronx comedy in which a young mother takes on a job at a record company while juggling the demands of her children, headstrong husband…
Naked in New York (1994): Dir. Dan Algrant
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio…; Insecure playwright Eric Stoltz copes with the varying successes of his own career, girlfriend Mary–Louise Parker and college pal Ralph…
Spanking the Monkey (1994): Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Jeremy Davies, Elizabeth Newett, Benjamin Hendrickson…; The awkwardness of youth is brilliantly captured in this provocative tragi–comedy, another maverick success story from the US indie scene. A…
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1993): Dir. Joel Hershman
Feat. Adrienne Shelly, Sean Young, Diane Ladd; A strained attempt at achieving that 'John Waters' feeling, where everyone shouts at one another in a trashy/camp kinda way in trailer–park…
My Life's in Turnaround (1993): Dir. Eric Shaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward
Feat. Eric Shaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward, John Sayles…; Two NY deadbeats, playing themselves, decide to make a movie out of thin air, pitching non–ideas to baffled producers, greasing up minor stars…
Twenty Bucks (1993): Dir. Keva Rosenfeld
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Christopher Lloyd, Brendan Fraser…; The path of a twenty dollar note connects a number of comic vignettes, most of which hit the mark. Polished up from a recently discovered 1935…
School Daze (1988): Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn…; Spike Lee's black high–school musical is perhaps over–ambitious, but the disorder is compensated in sheer exuberance and…
Someone to Love (1987): Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Orson Welles; Typically loose and naturalistic drama from independent stalwart Henry Jaglom, who pretty much plays himself – a jaded divorcee filmmaker in search…
Dim Sum (A Little Bit of Heart) (1984): Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong; Endearing, warm–hearted tale of Chinese–Americans living in San Fransisco. Distinctly Chinese but the themes and the humour are universal.
Pink Flamingos (1971): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey…; John Waters' creative pinnacle (or nadir!) remains the ultimate statement in bad taste – a pure, unadulterated exercise in shock value!…
Wedding Party, The (1969): Dir. Cynthia Monroe, Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Robert De Niro; Brian De Palma collaborated with others to make this while still at college in 1963. Improvised film details the sparring between a couple before…

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