Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8096 Films to Buy & Rent
Michael (2011)
- Dir. Markus Schleinzer
Feat. Michael Fuith
- Brilliant and disturbingly macabre directorial debut from Markus Schleinzer, observing a man who has imprisoned a 10–year old boy in his…
Midnight in Paris (2011)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates…
- High class whimsy from Woody Allen with Woody–surrogate honours going this time to Owen Wilson as a frustrated hack screenwriter magically…
Mildred Pierce (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood…
- Kate Winslet gives a towering performance as the titular housewife of James M. Cain's classic noir novel of Depression Era desperation and…
Mill and the Cross, The (2011)
- Dir. Lech Majewski
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling
- Polish experimental auteur Lech Majewski offers a breathtaking, elegantly construed anatomy of Pieter Bruegel's epic 1564 painting ''The Procession…
Minister, The (2011)
- Dir. Pierre Schöller
Feat. Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman…
- Nuanced political drama follows the daily process of governance from the vantage point of of the French Transport Minister as he negotiates the…
Moneyball (2011)
- Dir. Bennett Miller
Feat. Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- The business of professional sport is examined with cracking insight by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin in this biopic of Oakland A’s manager Billy…
Monroe (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. James Nesbitt, Sarah Parish, Tom Riley
- James Nesbitt stars as a wise cracking, chain smoking neurosurgeon in this slick hospital drama that has been called the British HOUSE.
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
- Dir. Philippe Falardeau
Feat. Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Neron…
- An asylum seeking Algerian attempts to pass himself off as teacher in a Canadian school bereft after the suicide of a popular teacher.
My Best Enemy (2011)
- Dir. Wolfgang Murnberger
Feat. Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss
- A Jewish man switches places with his Nazi best friend in order to survive, in this dark WWII drama.
My Piece of the Pie (2011)
- Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Feat. Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche
- A Capra–esque satire shot in the mode of a French romantic comedy, replete with clunky political statements and glossy Euro visuals. Karin…