Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 788 Films to Buy & Rent
Motherhood (2009)
- Dir. Katherine Dieckmann
Feat. Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards, Minnie Driver
- Uma Thurman is miscast (to amusing effect) as a frumpy, frazzled mommy–of–two juggling the middle–class plight of career aspiration…
My Tehran for Sale (2009)
- Dir. Granaz Moussavi
Feat. Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi
- Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express…
Private Lives of Pippa Lee, The (2009)
- Dir. Rebecca Miller
Feat. Robin Wright, Blake Lively, Alan Arkin…
- Drama boasting a formidable performance from Robin Wright Penn as the beautiful, middle–aged Pippa Lee, who finds herself living in a…
Raging Phoenix (2009)
- Dir. Rashane Limtrakul
Feat. JeeJa Yanin
- The female star of CHOCOLATE returns with break dancing moves to complement her sick martial arts skills, in this over–the–top kickboxing…
September Issue, The (2009)
- Dir. R.J. Cutler
- An unprecedented peek into the world of Anna Wintour, legendary editor–in–chief of fashion magazine "Vogue", as she and her team put…
Splice (2009)
- Dir. Vincenzo Natali
Feat. Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley
- The director of cult hit CUBE ups the ante in hybrid horror with this story of geneticists who, after recombining DNA from different species, give…
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
- Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, David Tennant…
- Solid sequel has the girls of St. Trinians on the hunt for buried treasure after discovering headmistress Miss Fritton is related to a famous pirate.
TiMER (2009)
- Dir. Jac Schaeffer
Feat. Emma Caulfield, Michelle Borth, John Patrick Amedori…
- A fresh, engaging independent rom–com that posits the invention of a literal biological clock which, when implanted, counts down to the moment…
Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009)
- Dir. Leanne Pooley
Feat. Jools Topp, Lynda Topp
- An adorable, "Kiwi–as" portrait of NZ's beloved folk–singing comedy duo, Jools and Lynda Topp, which also resonates as a ripely…
Totally Spies! (2009)
- Dir. Pascal Jardin
- The winning animated adventures of three high school girls who also happen to be spies. Based on the popular Cartoon Network series, this…