Subgenre Sampler
Independent: 833 Films to Buy & Rent
Brothers of the Head (2005)
- Dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Feat. Harry Treadaway, Luke Treadaway
- Believably real mockumentary centres around the carnivalesque (mis)fortunes of Siamese twins who get manufactured into punk rock sensations.…
Bubble (2005)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Debbie Doebereiner, Dustin Ashley, Misty Wilkins
- Steven Soderbergh's creepy, independent sojourn (made between OCEAN'S 12 and 13) casts an uneasy eye on a midwestern doll factory, where the…
Chumscrubber, The (2005)
- Dir. Arie Posin
Feat. Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Glenn Close…
- A sadsack teenager (Bell) living in a sterile new suburb in Southern California discovers his best friend has committed suicide, an event which seems…
Conversations with Other Women (2005)
- Dir. Hans Canosa
Feat. Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter
- An innovative, bittersweet romantic two–hander that uses split screen for its entire running time to explore the contrasting…
Crash (2005)
- Dir. Paul Haggis
Feat. Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon…
- A thoughtful dramatic meditation on race and fate in modern–day America, in which a group of urbanites in Los Angeles find their lives…
Don't Come Knocking (2005)
- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth…
- Desultry tale of a washed–out actor who goes missing from a film production and, with the insurance company on his tail, ends up uncovering…
Down in the Valley (2005)
- Dir. David Jacobson
Feat. Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse…
- Slow–burn yet layered and intense drama has Edward Norton in fine form as a delusional 'cowboy' who charms his way into trouble via the heart…
Duane Hopwood (2005)
- Dir. Matt Mulhern
Feat. David Schwimmer, Janeane Garofalo
- Low–key slice–of–life indie film that mixes comedy and drama to subtly get its point across that alcoholism can affect anyone.…
Factotum (2005)
- Dir. Bent Hamer
Feat. Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei…
- The most droll and tender adaptation of Charles Bukowski's fiction to date has a stocky Matt Dillon chronicle the meandering adventures of 'Hank…
Great New Wonderful, The (2005)
- Dir. Danny Leiner
Feat. Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer…
- New York City drama centered around five interweaving stories all of which exhibit a distinctive characteristic of a changing society post–911.…