Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8108 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Besouro (The Assailant) (2009)
- Dir. Joao Daniel Tikhomiroff
Feat. Ailton Carmo, Flavio Rocha, Jessica Barbosa
- Set against the backdrop of the Brazilian civil rights struggle Invigorating tale told at breakneck pace of a young man's rise to folk hero status…
Best - His Mother's Son (2009)
- Dir. Colin Barr
Feat. Michelle Fairley, Tom Payne
- Foreshadowing George Best’s battle with the bottle, this sobering BBC drama centres on the British footballer’s Presbyterian mother who, as a…
Big Fan (2009)
- Dir. Robert D. Siegel
Feat. Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport…
- The writer of THE WRESTLER makes an assured directing debut with this tragicomic look at the life of an obsessive fan of the New York Giants whose…
Blessed (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…