Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Independent: 592 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Waiting Place, The (2000)
- Dir. Cristobal Araus Lobos
- A carefully made 'DV–feature' about two unstable prison–escapers who traverse an overgrown rural landscape towards a rendezvous at an…
You Can Count On Me (2000)
- Dir. Kenneth Lonergan
Feat. Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Kieran Culkin…
- Winner of Best Picture at Sundance 2000, this bittersweet comedy, woven around the smalltown reunion of long–separated siblings Laura Linney…
Adventures of Sebastian Cole, The (1999)
- Dir. Tod Williams
Feat. Adrian Genier
- A Sundance nominee of 1999, this small, unusual drama turns back the clock to the early 1980s as a family fragments when Dad announces he's having a…
Black and White (1999)
- Dir. James Toback
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Brooke Shields, Wu Tang Clan…
- Risk–taking ensemble drama from the maverick dir. of TWO GUYS AND A GIRL and FINGERS, set in a Manhattan where rich white kids clash with the…
Body Shots (1999)
- Dir. Michael Cristofer
Feat. Sean Patrick Flannery, Amanda Peet, Tara Reid…
- Flashy tale of eight twentysomethings shares its style, setting and cultural niche with GO, dividing neatly into four typically smug boys and four…
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
- Dir. Kimberly Peirce
Feat. Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Brendon Sexton III
- Widely touted dramatisation of the true–life 'Brandon Teena' tragedy set in the grim badlands of America's Midwest, where a teenage girl…