Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
Focus (2001)
- Dir. Neal Slavin
Feat. William H. Macy, Laura Dern, Meatloaf
- A finely crafted adaptation of Arthur Miller’s controversial novel set in the waning months of WWII, this examines the incipient racism of a…
Four Days (2001)
- Dir. Curtis Wehrfritz
Feat. Colm Meaney, Lolita Davidovich, Kevin Zegers…
- This accomplished 'existential thriller', based on 60s crime novel by John Buell, fuses genre conventions with weightier concerns about loneliness…
Further Tales of the City (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Pierre Gang
Feat. Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis
- Armistad Maupin’s tales of San Francisco friends, families and lovers continues in its likeable way.
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle (2001)
- Dir. Philippe Harel
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Jose Garcia
- Less sports drama than celebration of the endearingly average, this comical biopic charts the 30–year career of big–hearted, but…
Ghost World (2001)
- Dir. Terry Zwigoff
Feat. Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi…
- Nothing to do with the paranormal, but everything to do with the anti–normal, this independent gem is a surprisingly endearing tale of two…
Gilmore Girls - Season 2 (TV Series) (2001-2002)
- More episodes from the fresh and quirky drama set around a mother and daughter in suburban Connecticut.
Season Two: 22 episodes across six discs.
Glitter (2001)
- Dir. Vondie Curtis Hall
Feat. Mariah Carey, Max Beesley
- Set in the early 1980's, pop idol Mariah Carey plays a teenage(!) girl who, unsurprisingly, is eager to become a famous pop–singer. Of course…
Goddess of 1967 (2001)
- Dir. Clara Law
Feat. Rose Byrne
- An award–winning lead performance from Rose Byrne elevates this character drama set in a 1967 Citroen car, where a journey into the outback…
Gosford Park (2001)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Helen Mirren, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith…
- A handsome recital of Agatha Christie–style whodunnit and ‘upstairs–downstairs’ class–drama set in the confines of an English…
Guinevere (2001)
- Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea
- Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…