Main content | Search | Section navigation menu | Site-wide navigation menu

Main menu

 
 
 

Subgenre Sampler

 
DogvilleDogville (2003) Recommended
Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall
This fierce parable of hypocrisy, exploitation and revenge set on a “soundstage” version of 1930s America is a brilliant conception of dir. Lars…
EasyEasy (2003) Recommended
Dir. Jane Weinstock
Feat. Marguerite Moreau, Brian F O'Byrne, Naveen Andrews
A nicely–judged indie riff on some of the perennial dilemmas of modern romance, as experienced by two sisters on the quest to find their…
ElephantElephant (2003) Recommended
Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, Timothy Bottoms
A smoothly crafted, but troubling depiction of the Columbine High School massacre in which two disaffected teenagers planned and staged the multiple…
Japanese StoryJapanese Story (2003) Recommended
Dir. Sue Brooks
Feat. Toni Collette
Winner of 8 AFI–awards, this laconic, but emotionally rich drama makes a brilliant most of its slender road–trip scenario. Colette…
Kiss of LifeKiss of Life (2003)
Dir. Emily Young
Feat. Peter Mullan, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, David Warner
While an aid–worker (Mullan) cut adrift in wartorn Eastern Europe tries to make his way home to London, his waiting family seem lost in a limbo…
LevityLevity (2003)
Dir. Ed Solomon
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter
A bleak study of the post–prison world of paroled killer Billy Bob Thornten, who is haunted by the spectre of his teenage victim as he attempts…
Lost in TranslationLost in Translation (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi
A coolly romantic and engaging tale of a “brief encounter” between two Americans stranded in Tokyo – a movie–star in midlife crisis…
Mean CreekMean Creek (2003) Recommended
Dir. Jacob Aaron Estes
Feat. Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelly
Skillful 'delinquent thriller' about a group of highschool kids who plot to humiliate the overweight school bully on a boating daytrip. Though the…
MurmursMurmurs (2003)
Dir. Alexander Greenhough, Elric Kane
Feat. James Ashcroft, Daniel Northcott, Kristin Smith
The daily movements of a Mt Victoria flat are wryly observed in this sophomore DV feature from the directors of KISSY KISSY. Ensconced in a…
My Life Without MeMy Life Without Me (2003) Recommended
Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Deborah Harry
This award–winning vignette concerns a young woman (Polley), told by her doctor she has only a short time to live, who strives to secretly…

Results Page   Prev | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 Next    Show All

Display
Display
Order
Order