Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Independent: 587 Films to Buy & Rent
- Everything Put Together (2000)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Megan Mullally
- Terse, psychologically demanding chamber piece that unravels the inner and domestic turmoil of a suburban mother whose newborn baby dies tragically…
- George Washington (2000)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden, Damian Jewan Lee
- With impressionistic widescreen photography, this low–key coming–of–age film frames its North Carolinan setting as the key player…
- Girlfight (2000)
- Dir. Karyn Kusama
Feat. Michelle Rodriguez
- A teenage girl breaks out of her working–class rut by training as a boxer, an arena that presents sexual prejudice as her chief opponent.…
- Groove (2000)
- Dir. Greg Harrison
Feat. Mackenzie Firgens, Lola Glaudini, Denny Kirkwood
- A night out at a San Francisco rave, evoking with dope–fuelled delirium the chaos as various party–goers either groove, burnout, get lost…
- Ivans xtc (2000)
- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Danny Huston, Peter Weller
- Not just another Hollywood–insider morality tale, this micro–budget wonder about the last days of hot–shot talent agent emerges as…
- Pledge, The (2000)
- Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright, Helen Mirren…
- Sean Penn as director's pledge to the stuff of raw drama pays off with a thriller/parable centred round a powerhouse turn from Jack Nicholson.
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- Series 7: The Contenders (2000)
- Dir. Daniel Minahan
Feat. Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke
- The scourge of ‘reality–TV’ gets its comeuppance (or homage?) in this ultraviolent satire. We’re in the near–future,…
- Shirt, The (2000)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Brian Sargent, Kirsty King-Turner, Jeff Szusterman…
- Chiefly the creation of Wellingtonian writer/producer Ross Bevan, this hits hard as a raw study of three career–junkies ‘led’ by a…
- Urbania (2000)
- Dir. Jon Shear
Feat. Dan Futterman, Alan Cumming, Matt Keesler
- Edgy indie hit following the insomniac wanderings of a dashing yuppie who is coping with the death of his partner. A hit at the 2000 Sundance Film…
- Virgin Suicides, The (2000)
- Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods…
- An aptly seductive adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ acclaimed romantic tragedy set in a sleepy Michigan community in the mid–70s. Kirsten…