Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 788 Films to Buy & Rent
Georgia Rule (2007)
- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman…
- Jane Fonda leads three generations of strong–minded females in this uneasy mix of comedy and drama.
Georgia (Fonda), the…
Girls Rock! (2007)
- Dir. Arne Johnson
- Lightweight doco centered around the Portland–based Rock & Roll Camp for Girls, where girls from 8–18 participate in a therapeutic week…
Hell On Wheels (2007)
- Dir. Bob Ray
- Bruising introduction to the world of Roller Derby combines a short history of the sport with a fly–on–the–wall document of the…
I Really Hate My Job (2007)
- Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Neve Campbell, Shirley Henderson, Alexandra Maria Lara
- Character–driven comedy focused around a group of frustrated artsy–types working at a restaurant in London's fashionable Soho district…
Jane Austen Book Club, The (2007)
- Dir. Robin Swicord
Feat. Kathy Baker, Maria Bello, Emily Blunt…
- A refreshing 'click flick' in which six Californians convene to discuss the literary works of Jane Austen and discover their own lives are starting…
Juno (2007)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner…
- Upstart indie comedy that broke wide into the mainstream, this packages up Gen–Y angst and 'riot–grrl' attitude into a commercially…
La Vie en Rose (2007)
- Dir. Olivier Dahan
Feat. Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Emmanuelle Seigner…
- Marion Cotillard excels (and deservingly won a Best Actress Oscar) in this stunning new biopic of the life and times of French singer Edith…
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black
- Nicole Kidman stars as an acid–tongued, permafrosty writer in Noah Baumbach's (THE SQUID & THE WHALE) ongoing treatment of middle–aged…
Mind the Gap (Se upp för dårarna) (2007)
- Dir. Helena Bergstrom
- Feelgood coming–of–age comedy drama focused on two twenty–somethings from different backgrounds who form a solid friendship when…
Powder and the Glory, The (2007)
- A welcome insight into two of America's greatest female entrepreneurs – Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein; two immigrants with limited…