Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8108 Films to Buy & Rent
Syndromes and a Century (2006)
- Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Feat. Arkanae Cherkam, Jaruchai Iamaram, Nu Nimsomboon
- A rural hospital surrounded by Thailand's evergreen jungle is the setting for this blissful meditation on memory and desire, shot in the exquisite…
Take the Lead (2006)
- Dir. Liz Friedlander
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown
- A thinnish retelling of the true story of Pierre Dulaine (played here by Antonio Banderas) who is credited with provoking the current enthusiasm for…
Tan Lines (2006)
- Dir. Ed Aldridge
Feat. Jack Baxter, Lorena Arancibia, Jed Clarke…
- Sun–soaked coming of age drama with a hard partying surfer stuck in small town Australia falling under the spell of a worldly older surfer.…
Ten Canoes (2006)
- Dir. Rolf De Heer, Peter Djigirr
Feat. David Gulpilil, Jamie Gulpilil
- Beguiling Aboriginal parable from Rolf de Heer is an evocative time–warp of Australia’s rich ancestry, told through the campfire narration of…
Tenants, The (2006)
- Dir. Danny Green
Feat. Dylan McDermott, Snoop Dogg, Rose Byrne…
- Gripping drama about two ambitious writers – one black, one white – who spar in an abandoned New York tenement block.
McDermott plays…
These Foolish Things (2006)
- Dir. Julia Taylor-Stanley
Feat. Zoe Tapper, Andrew Lincoln, David Leon…
- Pleasant tale concerns a young womans attempts to carve out a career on the stage in 1930's London. Rife with catty dialogue and double entendres and…
This is England (2006)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley…
- Utterly authentic, hard–hitting memoir from the dir. of A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS, about a boy’s coming–of–age as a skinhead during…
Time to Leave (2006)
- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi…
- Dir. Ozon expands on the theme of death and mourning, first explored in UNDER THE SAND, with this carefully composed, if somewhat underdeveloped male…
Times and Winds (Bes Vakit) (2006)
- Dir. Reha Erdem
Feat. Ozkan Ozen, Ali Bey Kayali, Elit Iscan
- Set in a remote Turkish village three friends on the cusp of adolescence struggle with both with their changing emotions and growing resentment of…
TranSylvania (2006)
- Dir. Tony Gatlif
Feat. Asia Argento, Birol Unel, Amira Casar
- Tony Gatlif tones his freewheeling musical romanticism down a notch, but doesn’t discard the ramshackle sensuality of his earlier films, in this…