Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5572 Films to Buy & Rent
Storytelling (2001)
- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. John Goodman, Selma Blair, Franke Potente…
- Continuing to plumb the depths of controversy, the dir. of HAPPINESS tells more stories of the depressed and cruel inhabitants of American suburbia,…
Tanguy (2001)
- Dir. Etienne Chatiliez
Feat. Sabine Azema, Andre Dussollier, Laurent Chouchan
- A crowd–pleasing French comedy set around the efforts of a middle–aged couple to surreptitiously get their 28–year–old son to…
Teachers (TV Series) (2001-2004)
- Feat. Andrew Lincoln, Nina Sosanya, Adrian Bower…
- British TV comedy following the lives of a group of secondary school teachers in and out of the classroom. Series One centres around Andrew Lincoln…
This is Not a Love Story (2001)
- Dir. Keith Hill
Feat. Stephen Lovatt, Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
- Exploring the dynamics of a love–triangle between a soap–opera actor and two women, this local 'DV drama' from debuting dir. Hill catches…
Tick, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Brian Edlund
Feat. Patrick Warburton
- A live–action recreation of Ben Edlund's comic–strip, that garnered a small, but loyal following during its one and only season. Follows…
Tortilla Soup (2001)
- Dir. Maria Ripoll
Feat. Hector Elizondo, Raquel Welch, Jacqueline Obradors
- Tangy comedy in which Mexican–American widower Elizondo has kept his family – three adult daughters – together and at home through…
Town and Country (2001)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn…
- Negotiating Woody Allen–country, this big–budget fizzer sees Warren Beatty as a Manhattan architect who goes into full mid–life…
Trailer Park Boys - Season 1 & 2 (TV Series) (2001-2006)
- Dir. Mike Clattanburg
Feat. Rob Wells, Mike Smith, John Paul Tremblay
- A gratifyingly lowbrow mockumentary series based around the lives of a set of eccentrically vulgar residents of a trailer park, mainly two petty…
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Will Mellor, Sheridan Smith, Natalie Casey
- Brit sitcom following a group of five 20 somethings in Cheshire who regularly meet at the local pub to discuss the trials and tribulations of life.…
Va Savoir (Who Knows) (2001)
- Dir. Jacques Rivette
Feat. Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto, Jacques Bonnaffe…
- Skilful romantic farce interweaves the lives of six characters connected to an Italian theatre troupe on tour in Paris (doing Pirandello’s ‘As…