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Subgenre Sampler

 
WoodenheadWoodenhead (2003) Recommended
Dir. Florian Habicht
A remarkable and surrealistic melding of New Zealand setting and Germanic sensibility, in which a sad fairytale narrative is enacted, sung and…
Young AdamYoung Adam (2003) Recommended
Dir. David Mackenzie
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan
Evocatively set amid the grimy canal barges of post–WW2 Scotland, this follows the shady fortunes of a failed writer (McGregor), whose…
ZelaryZelary (2003)
Dir. Ondrej Trojan
Feat. Anna Geislerova, Gyorgy Cserhalmi
A layered tale of war and romance set around the 1943 purge of the Czech resistance by the occupying Nazis, and a young nurse's flight to…
Zero DayZero Day (2003) Recommended
Dir. Ben Coccio
Feat. Andre Keuck, Calvin Robertson
A confronting, fictionalized insight into the nihilistic mind–set of two alienated students who plotted and carried out a violent massacre at…
'R Xmas'R Xmas (2002)
Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Lillo Brancato Jr., Drea De Matteo, Ice-T
Familiar territory tinged with originality from bad boy dir. Ferrara, examining the unusual Christmas crises of a drug–dealing Latino couple in…
11'09'0111'09'01 (September 11) (2002) Recommended
Dir. Ken Loach, Claude Lelouch, Sean Penn
Feat. Ernest Borgnine
A consistently intriguing omnibus of 11 short films made by various top directors about the catastrophic events of September 11, 2001 in New York –…
24 Hour Party People24 Hour Party People (2002) Recommended
Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Steve Coogan, Andy Serkis, Paddy Considine
A serio–comic music industry biopic about one Tony Wilson, founder of the legendary Factory record label and the Hacienda Club, that provides a…
25th Hour25th Hour (2002) Recommended
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper
Slowburning drama that revolves around the personal tensions of drug–dealer Edward Norton, whose 8–year prison term begins the next…
8 Mile8 Mile (Eight Mile) (2002)
Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer
Mainstream feature film vehicle for white rap star Eminem has a narrative typical of the “youth craze” genre – young working class wannabe…
A Loving FatherA Loving Father (Aime ton père) (2002)
Dir. Jacob Berger
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Sylvie Testud
Gerard Depardieu and real–life offspring Guillaume star as estranged father and son in this MISERY–inspired scenario of gaping family…

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