Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8112 Films to Buy & Rent
As You Like It (2006)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Romola Garai, Alfred Molina…
- Kenneth Branagh transplants the Bard’s comedy to old Japan in this talent–stacked tale of woman's flight from persecution and into the arms…
Ask the Dust (2006)
- Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Donald Sutherland
- Classically seductive romance set in depression–era LA, based on John Fante’s novel, and directed by CHINATOWN scribe Robert Towne, who…
Babel (2006)
- Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Feat. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal…
- A bold, virtuoso three–peat for the writer–director team behind AMORES PERROS and 21 GRAMS, grafting a biblical parable of ill…
Ball, The (Liscio) (2006)
- Dir. Claudio Antonini
Feat. Laura Morante, Umberto Morelli
- Slender tale boasts a fine performance by Morante as a chanteuse and solo mother, whose son attempts to find her a boyfriend.
Bamako (The Court) (2006)
- Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako
Feat. Aissa Maiga
- A mock trial of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank – whose representatives must defend charges of reckless lending and…
Bartali - The Iron Man (Mini-Series) (Gino Bartali - L'intramontabile) (2006)
- Dir. Alberto Negrin
Feat. Pierfrancesco Favino
- Spirited made–for–TV biopic of Italy’s indomitable road cyclist Gino Bartali, twice winner of the Tour de France.
Beauty In Trouble (Kráska v nesnázích) (2006)
- Dir. Jan Hrebejk
Feat. Anna Geislerova, Josef Abrhám, Jana Brejchová
- Exquisite Czech drama focused on a young woman living in Prague who, while struggling to care for her family after their home is destroyed by a…
Bella (2006)
- Dir. Alejandro Gomez Monteverde
Feat. Eduardo Verastegui, Tammy Blanchard
- Sweet–natured, unconventional romantic drama which follows one day in life of a Hispanic chef in New York City, and his relationship with a…
Bernard and Doris (2006)
- Dir. Bob Balaban
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes
- Romantic comedy based loosely on the real–life relationship between socialite heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke (Sarandon) and her butler…
Big Love (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Bill Paxton, Chloe Sevigny, Jeanne Tripplehorn…
- Another class act series from the always edgy HBO network, centred around a practicing polygamist, his three wives and seven children in the mormon…