Subgenre Sampler
Independent: 833 Films to Buy & Rent
Easy (2003)
- Dir. Jane Weinstock
Feat. Marguerite Moreau, Brian F O'Byrne, Naveen Andrews…
- A nicely–judged indie riff on some of the perennial dilemmas of modern romance, as experienced by two sisters on the quest to find their…
Elephant (2003)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, Timothy Bottoms…
- A smoothly crafted, but troubling depiction of the Columbine High School massacre in which two disaffected teenagers planned and staged the multiple…
Fear X (2003)
- Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. John Turturro, Deborah Kara Unger, James Remar
- The Danish dir. of BLEEDER makes his American debut with a darkly inventive pscyhodrama which follows the obsession of a Wisconsin…
Grand Theft Parsons (2003)
- Dir. David Caffrey
Feat. Johnny Knoxville, Christina Applegate, Robert Forster…
- A blackly comic account of the wordly departure of country–folk–rock pioneer Gram Parsons, who after perishing of a drug overdose, had…
Haggard (2003)
- Dir. Bam Margera
Feat. Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo…
- Spinoff feature from the creators of JACKASS mostly dispenses with the stuntwork and prankery, substituting plot and comic routines.
Dunn is…
Japanese Story (2003)
- Dir. Sue Brooks
Feat. Toni Collette
- Winner of 8 AFI–awards, this laconic, but emotionally rich drama makes a brilliant most of its slender road–trip scenario.
Colette…
Kiss of Life (2003)
- Dir. Emily Young
Feat. Peter Mullan, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, David Warner
- While an aid–worker (Mullan) cut adrift in wartorn Eastern Europe tries to make his way home to London, his waiting family seem lost in a limbo…
Levity (2003)
- Dir. Ed Solomon
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter…
- A bleak study of the post–prison world of paroled killer Billy Bob Thornten, who is haunted by the spectre of his teenage victim as he attempts…
Lost in Translation (2003)
- Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi
- A coolly romantic and engaging tale of a “brief encounter” between two Americans stranded in Tokyo – a movie–star in midlife crisis…
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
- Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan…
- In a near–apocalyptic future America, a popular singer (Bob Dylan) sets out on a nationwide tour to revive his career before heading into a…