Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8099 Films to Buy & Rent
An Englishman in New York (2009)
- Dir. Richard Laxton
Feat. John Hurt, Swoosie Kurtz, Jonathan Tucker…
- Sequel to THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT with John Hurt reprising his role as gay raconteur Quentin Crisp as he spends the latter parts of his life in New…
Answer Man, The (2009)
- Dir. John Hindman
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci…
- Misanthropic self–help author Daniels finds his curmudgeonly nature challenged when his paths cross with single mother Graham and recovering…
Army of Crime, The (2009)
- Dir. Robert Guediguian
Feat. Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen
- Part of a recent wave of prestigious WWII resistence dramas, this one reconstructs events around a group of Paris–based resistance fighters,…
Autumn Hearts (Emotional Arithmetic) (2009)
- Dir. Paolo Barzman
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Christopher Plummer, Gabriel Byrne…
- Drama focused on three Holocaust survivors who spent time together at the Drancy internment camp and re–unite decades after their…
Away We Go (2009)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Catherine O'Hara…
- An ersatz hipster road movie that follows a 30–something expectant couple as they travel across America looking for the perfect place to start…
B-Girl (2009)
- Dir. Emily Dell
Feat. Jules Urich, Missy Yager, Wesley Jonathan…
- Female breakdancing is the focus of this underdog 'story', where a down–on–her–luck dancer strives to 'break' her way into the…
Baaria (2009)
- Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Feat. Raoul Bova, Margareth Made, Francesco Scianna…
- Giuseppe Tornatore directs an autobiographical saga covering sixty years of turmoil through the eyes of three generations of a peasant family. Those…
Balibo (2009)
- Dir. Robert Connolly
Feat. Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac, Nathan Phillips…
- Searing political thriller based on the death of five Australian–based journalists (one, a Kiwi) who, upon covering the occupation of East…
Beautiful Kate (2009)
- Dir. Rachel Ward
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Bryan Brown, Maeve Dermody…
- In her directing debut, seasoned actor Rachel Ward maturely handles this taboo–tinged story of an estranged son returning home to visit his…
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…