Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8112 Films to Buy & Rent
Festival in Cannes (2001)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell…
- Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…
Fluffer, The (2001)
- Dir. Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
- Salacious piece of fluff about an aspiring filmmaker whose fascination with a male porn star leads him to scoring a job on the set. He soon rises to…
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…