Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8101 Films to Buy & Rent
Last Word, The (2008)
- Dir. Geoffrey Haley
Feat. Wes Bentley, Winona Ryder, Ray Romano
- Quirky black comedy centered on a man who makes a living writing suicide notes for the depressed, and has his life is turned upside down when he…
Lemon Tree (Etz Limon) (2008)
- Dir. Eran Riklis
Feat. Hiam Abbass, Doron Tavory, Ali Suliman…
- An out–of–bounds lemon tree poses as a metaphorical olive branch in this heartfelt Israeli–Palestinian fable.
When a…
Lena Baker Story, The (2008)
- Dir. Ralph Wilcox
Feat. Peter Coyote, Tichina Arnold, Beverly Todd
- Loose dramatization of the life of Lena Baker (Arnold), an African American woman who was sentenced to death after killing her abusive white…
Lipstick Jungle (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, Lindsay Price
- Sassy, if at times sappy, TV drama based on another Candace Bushnell book (author of SEX AND THE CITY) centred on three NYC gal pals attempting to…
Little Ashes (2008)
- Dir. Paul Morrison
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Javier Beltran…
- Meandering and soapy look at three of Spain's artistic enfant terribles; Luis Bunuel, Federico Garcia Lorca and Salvador Dali.
Focussing on the…
Little Dorrit (TV Mini-Series) (2008)
- Feat. Claire Foy, Matthew MacFadyen, Tom Courtenay…
- Andrew Davies’s latest Dickens offering is a similarly vast, immaculately produced mini–series to that of BLEAK HOUSE, this time adapting the…
Living Proof (2008)
- Dir. Dan Ireland
Feat. Harry Connick Jnr., Paula Cale, Angie Harmon…
- Harry Connick Jnr plays a doctor fighting to get approval for his revolutionary breast–cancer drug in this surprisingly riveting…
Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, The (2008)
- Dir. Jodie Markell
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ann-Margret…
- An undiscovered Tennessee Williams screenplay – written in the 50s but never produced, some say for good reason – is the source material…
Lost in Austen (TV Mini-Series) (2008)
- Feat. Jemima Rooper, Alex Kingston, Hugh Bonneville…
- Fizzy twist on PRIDE AND PREJUDICE has an ardent Jane Austen fan, living in present day London, swapping places with Austen's fictional creation…
Love in the Time of Cholera (2008)
- Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt…
- Javier Bardem's outstanding performance cannot shore up this florid, largely faithful adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's universally adored novel…