Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8108 Films to Buy & Rent
Terri (2011)
- Dir. Azazel Jacobs
Feat. John C. Reilly, Jacob Wysocki, Creed Bratton
- An overweight teenage outcast finds unlikely counsel and friendship in the intimidating vice principal of his high school in this…
This is England '88 (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley…
- A further set of adventures for Shane Meadows's unforgettable cast of lapsed skinheads, here still struggling to find a foothold as young adults…
This Must Be the Place (2011)
- Dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Feat. Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch…
- Sean Penn is all affectation as a retired, depressed glam rocker who sets off on an American road trip in search of a Nazi war criminal in this…
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- Dir. Tomas Alfredson
Feat. Gary Oldman, Mark Strong, John Hurt…
- An enthralling, impeccably cast screen adaptation of John Le Carre’s quintessential cold war spy novel, centred on a retired George Smiley (Oldman)…
Tomboy (2011)
- Dir. Céline Sciamma
Feat. Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana
- An androgynous ten–year–old girl passes herself off as a boy during the summer holidays in this tender coming–of–age tale.
Too Big to Fail (2011)
- Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. James Woods, John Heard, William Hurt…
- HBO throw the kitchen sink at the 2008 financial crisis with this heavy–hitting reenactment of events leading up to the TARP bailout.
The…
Toomelah (2011)
- Dir. Ivan Sen
Feat. Daniel Connors, Michael Conners
- Heartrending portrait of a sensitive but troubled Aboriginal boy who yearns to be a gangster like the other male figures in his life.
Like SAMSON…
Top Boy (TV Series) (2011)
- Dir. Yann Demange
Feat. Ashley Walters
- Hard–hitting urban drama set in a fictional British housing estate beset with drug and gang–related problems. Regularly compared to THE…
Tree of Life, The (2011)
- Dir. Terrence Malick
Feat. Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
- Terrence Malick’s astonishing Cannes–winning epic, centred ostensibly on the life of a Midwestern family in the 50s (presided over by a gruff…
Treme - Season 2 (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Khandi Alexander, Clarke Peters, Steve Zahn…
- Further episodes from David Simon's superb dramatic study of post–Katrina New Orleans, focusing on a community of musicians, chefs, and…