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Subgenre Sampler

 
Buffalo SoldiersBuffalo Soldiers (2001)
Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris
Broadly subversive drama set among the bored US Army Corp guarding West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Chiefly tracks…
Four DaysFour Days (2001) Recommended
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…
Gosford ParkGosford Park (2001) Recommended
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…
In the BedroomIn the Bedroom (2001) Aro Favourite
Dir. Todd Field
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl
Both deservingly nominated for Oscars, Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson hardly miss a beat as the middle–aged couple forced to deal with the…
Invisible Circus, The (2001)
Dir. Adam Brooks
Feat. Cameron Diaz, Jordana Brewster, Christopher Eccleston
Even–toned, detached political thriller that follows the disappearance of free–spirit Cameron Diaz in the late 1960s and the search by…
Love the Hard WayLove the Hard Way (2001)
Dir. Peter Sehr
Feat. Adrien Brody, Pam Grier
Big–city fable with Brody playing a snakeskin–jacketed thief with some polished one–liners, who nurses a secret ambition to be a…
Merci Pour Le ChocolatMerci Pour Le Chocolat (Nightcap) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Isabelle Huppert
Slyly subversive psychodrama, with Isabelle Huppert excelling as the owner of a Swiss chocolate–business, who also happens to be a…
Murder In Mind (TV Series)Murder In Mind (TV Series) (2001)
Excellent star–studded series of self–contained stories on the theme of murder, generally centered around apparently 'normal people' who…
Night at the Golden EagleNight at the Golden Eagle (2001)
Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Vinnie Jones, James Caan, Ann Magnuson
A grimly satisfying, verbally violent drama set in a fleabag hotel in L.A. where two aging hoods plan their migration to the not–so–mean…
Prime Gig, ThePrime Gig, The (2001)
Dir. Gregory Mosher
Feat. Ed Harris, Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond
A soberly played drama–thriller, in which Vince Vaughn is drawn into a shady telemarketing scam operated by philosophising villain Ed…

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