Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8108 Films to Buy & Rent
Sherrybaby (2006)
- Dir. Laurie Collyer
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Danny Trejo, Giancarlo Esposito…
- Overfamiliar but sincere portrait of a recovering addict, with a warts–and–all Maggie Gyllenhaal fresh out of jail and determined to go…
Shortbus (Short bus) (2006)
- Dir. John Cameron Mitchell
Feat. Sook-Yin Lee, Lindsay Beamish, Paul Dawson…
- A raucous, freewheeling comedy of intercourse from gay auteur John Cameron Mitchell, audacious in its employment of explicit sex, unknown actors and…
Singer, The (Quand j'étais chanteur) (2006)
- Dir. Xavier Giannoli
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Cecile De France, Mathieu Amalric
- Gerard Depardieu works his rotund charm as a journeyman lounge singer, crooning his way through half–empty nightclubs while forging an unlikely…
Situation, The (2006)
- Dir. Philip Haas
Feat. Damian Lewis, Connie Nielsen, Mido Hadama
- A noted fictional dramatisation of the Iraq conflict and its many complex participants and victims, this film interweaves a love triangle with…
Sixty Six (2006)
- Dir. Paul Weiland
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Marsan, Stephen Rea…
- Gentle, uplifting British comedy–drama about a young boy preparing for his Bar Mitzvah in North London, which just happens to clash with the…
Snow Cake (2006)
- Dir. Marc Evans
Feat. Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss
- Poignant, far–from–icy Canadian drama of an autistic woman’s relationship with a downcast ex–con, whom she befriends in the…
Sopranos, The (TV Series) - Season 6, Part A (2006)
- Continuing episodes of the groundbreaking TV–series that ironically portrays the life of a New Jersey Mafia clan.
Southland Tales (2006)
- Dir. Richard Kelly
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Mandy Moore…
- A chaotically comedic, pre–apocalyptic sci–fi ensemble piece, helmed with self–importance and unrestraint by the…
Special (2006)
- Dir. Hal Haberman, Jeremy Passmore
Feat. Michael Rapaport, Josh Peck, Paul Blackthorne…
- Michael Rappaport plays a lonely parking warden who enrolls in a program for an experimental anti–depressant that has the unusual side effect…
State Within, The (TV Series) (2006)
- Dir. Daniel Percival
Feat. Jason Isaacs, Ben Daniels, Sharon Gless
- Gripping political series centred on the British Ambassador to Washington who finds himself entangled in the midst of political scandal after a plane…