Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8088 Films to Buy & Rent
Wrestler, The (2008)
- Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood…
- Sensational, credible comeback picture for beleaguered 80's heartthrob Mickey Rourke, who portrays a mirror–image of himself as a…
Wushu - The Young Generation (2008)
- Dir. Antony Szeto
Feat. Sammo Hung, Fengchao Liu, Wenjie Wang
- Under the auspices of genre legends Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan (in producing role), this standard–issue kung fu flick introduces a bevy a…
XIII: The Conspiracy (TV Mini-Series) (2008)
- Feat. Val Kilmer, Stephen Dorff
- Intriguing mini–series set around the premise that the first female President of the United States has been assassinated by an unknown sniper…
Yellow Handkerchief, The (2008)
- Dir. Udayan Prasad
Feat. William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart…
- Set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, this delicately shaded road movie has two itinerant teens forming an unlikely bond with a man fresh out of…
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile) (2007)
- Dir. Cristian Mungiu
Feat. Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu
- Two women risk seeking an illegal abortion under Ceausescu rule in this staggering, high tension Cannes–winner from Romania.
Reminiscent of…
Across the Universe (2007)
- Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson…
- Thirty–three tunes from the Beatles songbook are excitably re–constituted for this lavish 'jukebox' musical that threads together a story…
Acting Out (2007)
- Dir. Danny Merton
Feat. Lara Cox
- Girl–centric Australian 'indie' in which a high–schooler grapples with various issues of intimacy and relationships.
Suspended from…
Adrift in Manhattan (2007)
- Dir. Alfredo De Villa
Feat. Heather Graham, Victor Rasuk, William Baldwin…
- Character drama set in New York where three lonely urban–types – grieving optometrist, elderly painter and obsessive photographer…
After Him (Après lui) (2007)
- Dir. Gaël Morel
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Guy Marchand
- Unsettlingly intimate French drama stars Catherine Deneuve as a devastated mother who obsessively channels her dead son by using his best friend as a…
After Sex (2007)
- Dir. Eric Amadio
Feat. Mila Kunis, Jane Seymour, Emmanuelle Chriqui
- Low–budget indie comedy focused on several couples having awkward, post–modern conversations about sex and sexuality. Unfortunately this…