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Subgenre Sampler
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson… - The bittersweet dramatics of dir. Meadows (ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS) get a fresh telling in this Nottingham drama, with the added spin of some ironic…
One Hour Photo (2002)- Dir. Mark Romanek
Feat. Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan… - In a nifty piece of gimmick casting, Robin Williams shows his darker side as a lonely, middle–aged photolab assistant who develops an unhealthy…
Personal Velocity (2002)
- Dir. Rebecca Miller
Feat. Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk - Daughter of playwright Arthur Miller, Rebecca, announces herself as a talent worthy of her famous father on evidence of her second feature – a…
Pipe Dream (2002)- Dir. John C Walsh
Feat. Martin Donovan, Mary-Louise Parker, Rebecca Gayheart - Snubbed as a serious romantic partner because he is a plumber, Martin Donovan decides to masquerade as a film director in order to attract women and…
Pumpkin (2002)- Dir. Adam Larson Broder, Tony R Abrams
Feat. Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn - Politically–confused blackly comic satire that follows the progress of Christina Ricci's 'inappropriate' romantic fixation with a disabled…
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman… - Popular mainstream comic Adam Sandler takes a left turn for the director of MAGNOLIA and BOOGIE NIGHTS in this doggedly off–beat yet beguiling…
Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
- Dir. Peter Sollett
Feat. Victor Rasuk, Judy Marte - A sensitive, appealing urban coming of age story set in a Hispanic New York subculture that rewardingly favours low–key incident over…
Relative Evil (Ball in the House) (2002)- Dir. Tanya Wexler
Feat. Jonathan Tucker, Jennifer Tilly, David Strathairn… - Deceptively marketed as a kind of "wicked stepmother" thriller, this is instead a well–constructed, paranoid black comedy about a teenage…
Roger Dodger (2002)- Dir. Dylan Kidd
Feat. Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg, Jennifer Beals… - Dodging expectations all–round, this devastating black comedy has a standout script and performances, especially Campbell Scott as the callous…
Secretary (2002)- Dir. Steven Shainberg
Feat. James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies… - A spanking good black comedy detailing the bizarre relationship between a peculiar, ill–tempered lawyer and the meek secretary he…
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