Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8090 Films to Buy & Rent
John Q (2002)
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ray Liotta, Robert Duvall…
- Denzel Washington plays a cash–strapped pillar–of–decency who can’t afford his son’s heart–transplant in the mercenary US…
Killing Me Softly (2002)
- Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone…
- The first and only English language film from respected Chinese director Chen Kaige (TOGETHER) is this erotic thriller based on the 1999 novel of the…
L'Homme du Train (Man on the Train) (2002)
- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday
- An elegantly amusing role–switching tale that's equal parts social comedy, existential drama and subtle thriller, tinged with melancholy…
L'Idole (2002)
- Dir. Samantha Lang
Feat. Leelee Sobieski, James Hong
- Playing a troubled Australian actress, Sobieski arrives in Paris and befriends her elderly Chinese neighbour in this melancholy…
Laramie Project, The (2002)
- Dir. Moisés Kaufman
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Clea Duvall, Jeremy Davies…
- Moisés Kaufman directs this film based on his own play, set in the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay college student in…
Laurel Canyon (2002)
- Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale…
- Dropping in on the LA music scene, the writer–director of HIGH ART returns to her pet theme of conservatism yielding to a bohemianism, but…
Leo (2002)
- Dir. Mehdi Norowzian
Feat. Elisabeth Shue, Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Hopper…
- A murderer freshly released from prison attempts to get his life back to an orderly state while assisting a friend to deal with an alcohol dependent…
Life as a House (2002)
- Dir. Irwin Winkler
Feat. Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen…
- Solidly carpentered, this star–studded tearjerker is built upon architect Kevin Kline’s simultaneous sacking and discovery of terminal…
Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
- Dir. Lukas Moodysson
Feat. Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharsky, Pavel Ponomaryov
- Lauded Swedish film–maker Lukas Moodyson turns his talents to the plight of a Russian teenage girl whose hopes for a brighter future (and…
Linda Green (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Liza Tarbuck
- Surprisingly endearing comic drama, follows the life of swinging single girl Linda (played by former TV presenter Liza Tarbuck) from work to home to…