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Subgenre Sampler

 
Blue CarBlue Car (2002) Recommended
Dir. Karen Moncrieff
Feat. Agnes Bruckner, David Strathairn
A rites–of–passage drama of distinction, this is realistic and affecting in its account of a high–school student whose flair for…
Bomb the SystemBomb the System (2002)
Dir. Adam Bhala Lough
Feat. Mark Webber
A tale of alienated youth in New York City, set around a teenager's (Webber) nocturnal activities spraying graffiti around the city streets with a…
DrumlineDrumline (2002)
Dir. Charles Stone III
Feat. Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Orlando Jones
Depicting the journey of a talented street drummer from Harlem into the world of big–time stadium marching bands, this is short on story moves,…
FaceFace (2002)
Dir. Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Feat. Ling Bai, Will Yun Lee, Kirsty Wu
Chinese–American drama that deals commendably with familiar themes of relationships, marriage and cultural identity. Alternating its…
Far From HeavenFar From Heaven (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
An exquisitely designed pastiche of 50s soap opera that mimics the look and acting style of vintage–movie melodrama but cleverly deviates by…
Full FrontalFull Frontal (2002)
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Julia Roberts, Catherine Keener, David Duchovny
Director Stephen Soderbergh calls on the favours of famous friends for a makeshift, semi–improvised poke at the film industry that only a…
Funny Ha HaFunny Ha Ha (2002) Recommended
Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Kate Dollenmayer
Less 'funny ha ha' than funny peculiar drama about a young woman's desultry efforts to move on in life after completing her university degree. Its…
GerryGerry (2002)
Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Casey Affleck, Matt Damon
A stark return to experimentalism for dir. Van Sant, in the form of a narrative about two friends, both named Gerry (Damon and Affleck), whose hiking…
Good Girl, TheGood Girl, The (2002)
Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly
Quirky, downbeat comedy about people stuck with dead end lives in small–town America adds a string to the bow of acting challenges for starlet…
Igby Goes DownIgby Goes Down (2002) Recommended
Dir. Burr Steers
Feat. Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum
More than meets the eye in this indie New York satire about an over–educated ‘slacker’ experiencing growing pains amid upper…

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