Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8088 Films to Buy & Rent
Standing Still (2005)
- Dir. Matthew Cole Weiss
Feat. Adam Garcia, Amy Adams, Melissa Sagemiller…
- Stacked American indie gathers an attractive ensemble of twenty–somethings around a wedding doubling as a long–overdue reunion of college…
Steal Me (2005)
- Dir. Melissa Painter
Feat. Danny Alexander, Hunter Parrish, Paz de la Huerta
- Sensitive rumination on encroaching adulthood, about a 15–year–old kleptomaniac whose friendship with a drifter precipitates…
Stephen Poliakoff's Gideon's Daughter & Friends and Crocodiles (2005)
- Dir. Stephen Poliakoff
Feat. Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson
- Two BBC dramas from commended writer–director Stephen Poliakoff – 'Friends and Crocodiles' confronts the changing power balance between a…
Stoned (2005)
- Dir. Stephen Woolley
Feat. Leo Gregory, Paddy Considine, David Morrissey…
- A kaleidoscopic portrait of Brian Jones, the charismatic yet contrary founder of "The Rolling Stones".
Re–imagining the rock star’s…
Stupid Boy (Garçon Stupide) (2005)
- Dir. Lionel Baier
Feat. Natacha Koutchoumov, Pierre Chatagny, Rui Pedro Alves
- Raw drama focused around Loic, a young gay swinger in Switzerland, and his attraction to an older man who offers unexpected emotional stability.…
Sueño (Dream) (2005)
- Dir. Renee Chabria
Feat. John Leguizamo, Elizabeth Pena
- Light but good–hearted drama about an aspiring Mexican singer (Leguizamo) who transplants with difficulty to Los Angeles, finding success…
Supervolcano (TV Series) (2005)
- Dir. Tony Mitchell
Feat. Michael Riley, Gary Lewis
- Sci–fi/ doco hybrid from the BBC presents a possible case scenario for the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano under Yellowstone Park. comes…
Sweet Land (2005)
- Dir. Ali Selim
Feat. Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Lois Smith…
- Beautifully framed romantic saga about a German mail–order bride and her would–be husband's struggle to overcome the propaganda–led…
Syriana (2005)
- Dir. Stephen Gaghan
Feat. George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright…
- Fierce and dense exploration of the machinations and consequences of the global oil industry in the form of a multiple–storyline drama (from…
Takeshis' (2005)
- Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi…
- Returning to his comedic roots, dir. Takeshi Kitano springs layer upon layer of self–reference and in this conceptually ambitious, though…