Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8090 Films to Buy & Rent
Rules of Attraction, The (2003)
- Dir. Roger Avary
Feat. James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Kate Bosworth…
- James Van Der Beek tries mightily to shake off his clean–idol image in this unruly and unattractive black comedy about an over–privileged…
Runaway Jury (2003)
- Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman…
- It's back to court with John Grisham, in a well–cast, entertaining tale of gun–control issues, jury–manipulation, big business and…
Saddest Music in the World, The (2003)
- Dir. Guy Maddin
Feat. Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros…
- Another stunning tableaux from dir. Maddin's ongoing series of fantasies inspired by the musty, spectral qualities of early cinema, this time setting…
Seabiscuit (2003)
- Dir. Gary Ross
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper…
- Stirring drama based on a true story of a down–and–out racehorse that confounded expectations by turning around the fortunes of three…
Secondhand Lions (2003)
- Dir. Tim McCanlies
Feat. Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, Haley Joel Osment
- 'Hayseed drama' set around a boy (Osment) being sent to live with his eccentric uncles in deepest Texas in the hope they will 'will' him their…
Secret Lives of Dentists, The (2003)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Campbell Scott, Denis Leary, Hope Davis…
- Typically quirky adult fare from dir. Alan Rudolph about two dentists who find cavities in their marriage, this takes imaginative yet distracting…
Shark Net, The (TV Mini-series) (2003)
- Feat. William McInnes, Angie Milliken, Tim Draxl
- Based on the memoir by Robert Drewe, this Australian mini–series focuses on Drewe's move to Perth as a young, excitable boy and his gradual…
Shattered Glass (2003)
- Dir. Billy Ray
Feat. Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloe Sevigny…
- Compelling character–driven drama, based around the true story of 'New Republic' journalist Stephen Glass (Christensen), who was brought into…
Since Otar Left (2003)
- Dir. Julie Bertuccelli
Feat. Dinara Droukarova, Nino Khomassouridze, Ester Gorintin
- Touching and wryly comic tale set in post–Communist Georgia, in which a mother, daughter and granddaughter partly survive through a romantic…
Singing Behind Screens (Cantando dietro i paraventi) (2003)
- Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Bud Spencer, Davide Dragonetti
- Visually opulent Italian epic directed by Ermanno Olmi (THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS) set in coastal China and centred on a plucky widow who takes her…