Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Independent: 590 Films to Buy & Rent
Somewhere (2010)
- Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius
- Sofia Coppola's dead–pan portrait of a roguish Hollywood actor whose routine of empty hedonism and naval–gazing is interrupted by an…
Tiny Furniture (2010)
- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Alex Karpovsky…
- A prototype for Lena Dunham's hugely successful HBO series GIRLS, this smart–funny indie finds the talented actress/director mining the…
Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
- Dir. Jake Scott
Feat. James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart, Melissa Leo…
- A bereaved father (Gandolfini) takes comfort in the company of a wayward young prostitute (Stewart) in this mournful American indie. The premise…
William Vincent (Shadows and Lies) (2010)
- Dir. Jay Anania
Feat. James Franco, Martin Donovan, Josh Lucas…
- A quiet criminal recounts the eccentric path that has brought him to New York – after four years in exile, to rescue the favourite call girl of…
Winter's Bone (2010)
- Dir. Debra Granik
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt…
- Celebrated art–house thriller set in the Ozark Mountains follows a teenage girl as she desperately searches for her drug–dealing father…
Adam (2009)
- Dir. Max Mayer
Feat. Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher…
- Moon–faced Rose Byrne warms to her Asperger's–afflicted neighbour (Dancy) in this unlikely, heartfelt romance.
Distracting subplots…
Adventureland (2009)
- Dir. Greg Mottola
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds…
- Low–key indie comedy set in 1987 where a virginal high–school grad gets a summer job at a local amusement park and finds unlikely…
Beeswax (2009)
- Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Tilly Hatcher, Maggie Hatcher, Alex Karpovsky
- Another deft, soft–spoken indie from dir. Bujalski (MUTUAL APPRECIATION) concerns the comings and goings of 20–something twins: one, the…
Big Fan (2009)
- Dir. Robert D. Siegel
Feat. Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport…
- The writer of THE WRESTLER makes an assured directing debut with this tragicomic look at the life of an obsessive fan of the New York Giants whose…
Breaking Upwards (2009)
- Dir. Daryl Wein
Feat. Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister Jones, Julie White…
- Skittish romantic comedy in which a couple attempt to end their moribund relationship gradually, beginning with three days off each week.
Drawing…