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Subgenre Sampler

 
Computer ChessComputer Chess (2013) Recommended
Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher, Wiley Wiggins
Mumblecore maestro Andrew Bujalski directs this left–of–field mockumentary, shot on low–fi video, about a surreal chess tournament…
FilthFilth (2013)
Dir. Jon S. Baird
Feat. Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, James McAvoy
James McAvoy plays a self–destructing copper whose corruption and bigotry manifest in a spiral of sex, drugs and violence. From an Irving Welsh…
God Bless AmericaGod Bless America (2011) Recommended
Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Melinda Page Hamilton
Irrepressible writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait returns with another sizzling, charcoal–black comedy that takes aim at the worst proponents of…
Love ExposureLove Exposure (2011)
Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima
Notorious cinematic oddity from Japanese director Sion Sono (WHY DON'T YOU PLAY IN HELL), following the adventures of a Catholic teenage boy who…
White Lightnin'White Lightnin' (2009)
Dir. Dominic Murphy
Feat. Edward Hogg, Carrie Fisher
The life of Appalachian mountain dancer and criminal cult figure Jesco White is the inspiration for this nightmarish hillbilly biopic filmed in…
Mister LonelyMister Lonely (2008)
Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Samantha Morton, Diego Luna, Werner Herzog
Surreal drama from the king of skewed cinema Harmony Korine (GUMMO) following two parallel plots about identity: a couple of celeb impersonators…
Inland EmpireInland Empire (2006)
Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux
Warped and optically haunting suspense starring Lynch regular Laura Dern as a focused actress ecstatic about receiving a part in a new film, until…
9 Songs9 Songs (Nine Songs) (2004)
Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Margo Stilley, Kieran O'Brien
A controversially explicit sex'n'rock'n' roll drama about two stray souls – an American student and a British bloke – who over a year…
Helter SkelterHelter Skelter (2004)
Dir. John Gray
Feat. Jeremy Davies, Clea Duvall
A grimly rewarding TV docudrama about murderous hipster Charles Manson, played with screwy–eyed, whisper–voiced veracity by Jeremy…
KeaneKeane (2004) Recommended
Dir. Lodge Kerrigan
Feat. Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan
A powerful and unnerving feat of ‘mental’ endurance, dir. Kerrigan’s follow–up to the equally unsettling CLEAN, SHAVEN plunges the viewer…

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