Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Cult > Independent: 17 Films to Rent on VHS
- God's Lonely Man (1996)
- Dir. Francis Von Zerneck
Feat. Michael Wyle, Jamie Walters
- The story of St. Francis of Assisi is loosely transposed to the underbelly of modern LA – a redemption–seeking nervous loner befriends a…
- Adjuster, The (1991)
- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Elias Koteas, Arsinee Khanjian, Maury Chaykin
- Eliptical and seductive fifth feature from one of cinema's most original talents. Two 'adjusters' – an insurance assessor, and his wife, a film…
- Roadkill (1989)
- Dir. Bruce McDonald
Feat. Valerie Buhagiar, Don McKellar
- This first road movie from dir. Bruce McDonald (HIGHWAY 61) is possessed of a naive charm and raw energy that characterizes many of the best indie…
- Heat and Sunlight (1988)
- Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Rob Nilsson, Consuela Faust
- This film documents the final, agonising hours of a love affair between a man and his exotic dancer girlfirend. An intriguing, erotic oddity with…
- Screamplay (1986)
- Dir. Rufus Butler Seder
Feat. George Kuchar, Katy Bolger
- Tacky amusement can be found in this midnight flick about a splatter movie writer whose nightmare visions become frighteningly real!
- Falls, The (1980)
- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray
- One of dir. Greenaway's more trenchantly avant–garde works (think 'A Walk Though H' crossed with DROWNING BY NUMBERS), expanding his riddling…
- Opening Night (1977)
- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara
- Intermittently fascinating, semi–improvised opus from Cassavetes (who also stars), about an aging actress (Gena Rowlands) who suffers a…
- 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!…
- Wanda (1970)
- Dir. Barbara Loden
Feat. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins
- The sole writing/directing credit of Barbara Loden, whose command of verite storytelling is matched by her own astonishing performance as a feckless…
- Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 4 (1969-1980)
- Dir. Kenneth Anger
- Underground film–maker Kenneth Anger manifests his dark artistic vision in two shorts that almost defy description.
"Lucifer Rising"…
- Plot Against Harry, The (1969)
- Dir. Michael Roemer
Feat. Harry Plotnik
- Repentent racketeer Harry Plotnik is released from jail, but his plans to go legit in New York's Jewish community become inadvertently thwarted by…
- 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…
- Color Me Lurid (1966)
- Dir. George Kuchar
- A sampler of six of the kitschest and coolest short films from the weird mind of George Kuchar. Fans of John Waters' work will be delighted and…
- Shadows (1959)
- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Lelia Goldoni
- Cassavetes' influential debut explores inter–racial relationships with improvised dialogue, gitanes, ray–bans and Charlie Mingus…
- Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 2 (1954)
- Dir. Kenneth Anger
- Features "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" (1954), a depiction of an imaginative world of gods invoked and controlled by the untamed desires of…
- Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 3 (1949-1965)
- Dir. Kenneth Anger
- Three more shorts from Mssr. Anger, including "Kustom Kar Kommando" (1965), "Puce Moments" (1949), and his most famous and controversial work,…
- Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 1 (1947-1953)
- Dir. Kenneth Anger
- The first of a four–part compendium of shorts from the American iconoclast: 'Fireworks' (1947), made at the tender age of 15, 'Rabbit's Moon'…