Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 788 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Miss Representation (2011)
- Dir. Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Feat. Rosario Dawson
- A critical analysis of the media representation of women which presents the facts and statistics accompanied by celebrity interviews – Dr.…
Moth Diaries, The (2011)
- Dir. Mary Harron
Feat. Sarah Bolger, Lily Cole, Scott Speedman…
- Rachel Klein’s vampire–themed young adult novel receives a curious adaptation from the dir. of AMERICAN PSYCHO, touching on the source…
Mrs. Carey's Concert (2011)
- Dir. Bob Connolly, Sophie Raymond
- Invigorating doco on the power of music. At a Sydney girl's school, Mrs Carey butts head with her obstinate students as they prepare for a…
Source, The (La Source des femmes) (2011)
- Dir. Radu Mihaileanu
Feat. Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass
- A dashing feminist dramedy sprung from the male bias in the Middle East, about a village of women who take up a 'sex strike' after their husbands…
Sucker Punch (2011)
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone…
- The dir. of 300 helms this male adolescent fantasy based around a group of nubile young girls who reimagine the mental asylum they've been committed…
This Girl is Badass!! (2011)
- Dir. Mum Jokmok
Feat. JeeJa Yanin
- Jija Yanin (CHOCOLATE) stars in this martial arts comedy about a girl whose family life is turned upside–down when she gets mixed up with…
Two Broke Girls (TV Series) (2 Broke Girls) (2011)
- Feat. Beth Behrs, Kat Dennings, Garrett Morris
- A sassy, wiseacre comedy of two penniless 20–somethings who make ends meet waiting tables at a run–down Brooklyn diner while dreaming of…
Winners and Losers (TV Series) (2011)
- Feat. Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Melissa Bergland, Virginia Gay…
- Winning female–centric dramedy concerns the altered lives of four Melbournian women who score big on the Lottery. Gets great mileage from the…
Yogawoman (2011)
- Dir. Saraswati Clere, Kate McIntyre Clere
Feat. Annette Bening
- Feel–good no–brainer documentary which posits that yoga is very, very good for you – with particular attention given to it's…