Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 788 Films to Buy & Rent
New Adventures of Old Christine, The (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Julia Louis–Dreyfus (everyone's favourite gal pal from SEINFELD) headlines this likeable sitcom about a single mother adjusting to her new life…
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy
- Authorities Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench go head–to–head in this psychological gambit between a pottery teacher engaged in an illicit…
Penelope (2006)
- Dir. Mark Palansky
Feat. Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara…
- Whimsical fantasy comedy about an unfortunate girl cursed with the face of a pig whose family are driven to find her a "handsome prince" to undo the…
Shut Up and Sing (2006)
- Dir. Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
- Politics ("shut up") and music ("sing") find themselves reluctantly linked in this portrait of country superstars, "The Dixie Chicks", and the…
Ugly Betty (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. America Ferrera, Salma Hayek, Eric Mabius…
- A spunky, savage parody of the fashion world, based around a dorky, but ever–determined Hispanic (Ferrera), thrown into the industry deep end…
Volver (2006)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas
- Formidable Spanish brand–name dir. Almodovar re–embracing what he knows best – womanhood – in a vibrant and tempestuous tale of…
Woods, The (2006)
- Dir. Lucky McKee
Feat. Agnes Bruckner, Patricia Clarkson, Bruce Campbell
- Creepy excursion has a teenage pyromaniac (Bruckner) sent to girls' school located deep in the malign woods of 1960s New England, which is possibly…
Young, Single and Angry (2006)
- Dir. Richard Waterhouse
Feat. Sarah Blevins, Jamie Anderson, Heather Stewart…
- Low budget chick–flick following a group of LA women turned bitter and disillusioned from years of unsuccessful dating, until they discover…
Broad Horizons (2005)
- Dir. Various
- Ten galvanizing short films by women tackling issues such as globalisation, spirituality, lesbianism and more, across multiple mediums. Released to…
Catherine the Great (2005)
- Dir. John Burgess, John-Paul Davidson
- Made with the help of newly–available documentation from the former Soviet archives, this impressive biopic about the life and times of…