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Subgenre Sampler

 
Made in DagenhamMade in Dagenham (2010) Recommended
Dir. Nigel Cole
Feat. Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson
Nostalgic, uplifting dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford car plant in Dagenham, where female machinists famously walked out in protest…
Please GivePlease Give (2010) Recommended
Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet
Writer–director Nicole Holofcener secures her informal reputation as a "female Woody Allen" with this bittersweet New York story that again…
Sex and the City 2Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Dir. Michael Patrick King
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon
While wrestling with the pressures of life, love, and work in Manhattan, Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte join Samantha for a trip to Abu Dhabi, where…
Snow Flower and the Secret FanSnow Flower and the Secret Fan (2010)
Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Gianna Jun, Bingbing Li, Russell Wong
Wayne Wang (THE JOY LUCK CLUB) directs this unsubtle but sweeping multi–generational weepie, framed around the enduring bond between two women…
Tiny FurnitureTiny Furniture (2010) Aro Favourite
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…
AgoraAgora (2009) Recommended
Dir. Alejandro Amenabar
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac
A strident and admirable account of Greek scholar Hypatia, whose principles and pagan beliefs attracted the ire of Christians in 4th century…
AmeliaAmelia (2009)
Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor
A conventional retelling of the Amelia Earhart legend, examining the ground–breaking aviator’s turbulent love life during the years between…
An EducationAn Education (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina
An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
BlessedBlessed (2009)
Dir. Ana Kokkinos
Feat. Miranda Otto, Frances O’Connor, Deborra-Lee Furness
Four vivid stories of mothers and their children are interwoven in this confronting drama set in Melbourne's outer suburbs, blessed by the acting…
CheriCheri (2009)
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates
Gorgeously–appointed period drama set in the "Belle Époque" of 1900s Paris, focused on a love affair between a retired courtesan (Pfeiffer)…

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