Subgenre Sampler
Independent: 833 Films to Buy & Rent
Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)
- Dir. Joe Swanberg
Feat. Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski…
- Indistinct mumblecore entry chronicles the restless relations between a trio of post–graduates working in a Chicago production…
Harvest (2007)
- Feat. Joseph Sonson, Baril Pelage, Aurea Joseph
- Hybrid adventure/music film focused around a restless Ganja planter who decides to harvest his whole crop in order to fulfil what he believes to be…
In Search Of A Midnight Kiss (2007)
- Dir. Alex Holdridge
Feat. Scoot McNairy, Sara Simmonds, Brian McGuire
- Restoring our faith in the unreliable indie rom–com genre, this terrific example takes place on New Years Eve in Los Angeles, where two…
Juno (2007)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner…
- Upstart indie comedy that broke wide into the mainstream, this packages up Gen–Y angst and 'riot–grrl' attitude into a commercially…
Just Buried (2007)
- Dir. Chaz Thorne
Feat. Rose Byrne, Jay Baruchel, Graham Greene
- Unrepentant dark comedy focused on a young man inheriting a struggling funeral home who tries to drum up some business by killing off the town…
Kissy Kissy (2007)
- Dir. Alexander Greenhough, Elric Kane
Feat. Daniel Northcott, Dick Whyte, Tania Nolan…
- Aro Valley–made DV drama concerns the intersecting lives of a cast and crew on a low budget movie, and the all–too–familiar…
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
- Dir. Craig Gillespie
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer…
- Ryan Gosling plays an awkward loner who enters into a courtship with a life–size, anatomically–correct sex doll in this…
Living Wake, The (2007)
- Dir. Sol Tryon
Feat. Mike O'Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Gaffigan
- Literate and defiantly non–conformist, this snob comedy about an eccentric failure in the arts and his rickshaw…
Look (2007)
- Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Rhys Coiro, Hayes MacArthur, Giuseppe Andrews
- Grungy, thought–provoking examination of our voyeuristic and paranoid modern culture told through several interweaving stories entirely…
My Winnipeg (2007)
- Dir. Guy Maddin
Feat. Darcey Fehr, Ann Savage, Amy Stewart…
- Jolly fantasy–autobiography concerning the sleepy whirlpool of director Guy Maddin’s birthplace Winnipeg, his love/hate relationship with the…