Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Independent: 587 Films to Buy & Rent
- New Age, The (1994)
- Dir. Michael Tolkin
Feat. Peter Weller, Judy Davis
- Peter Weller and Judy Davis are a restless, avaricious L.A. couple who seek fortune and/or meaning in their lives. Another icy, cynical hybrid of…
- Pret-a-Porter (1994)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Sophia Loren…
- Director Altman's take on the Paris fashion industry hasn't the edgy sarcasm or the incisiveness of his THE PLAYER and SHORT CUTS, but is…
- Sleep with Me (1994)
- Dir. Rory Kelly
Feat. Meg Tilly, Eric Stoltz, Craig Sheffer…
- Playfully intelligent 'Gen X' drama in which Meg Tilly is the object of desire of both her fiancee and his best friend. Quentin Tarantino cameos as a…
- Somebody to Love (1994)
- Dir. Alexandre Rockwell
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Rosie Perez, Quentin Tarantino
- Harvey Keitel and Rosie Perez match–up as a screwball couple frequenting scuzzy clubs in a murky continuum of unrequited dreams. Dir. Rockwell…
- Spanking the Monkey (1994)
- Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Jeremy Davies, Elizabeth Newett, Benjamin Hendrickson…
- The awkwardness of youth is brilliantly captured in this provocative tragi–comedy, another maverick success story from the US indie scene. A…
- Wife, The (1994)
- Dir. Tom Noonan
Feat. Julie Hagerty, Tom Noonan, Wallace Shawn…
- An adult drama to be savoured – director Tom Noonan adapts his own stageplay for the screen, matching the wit and intelligence of his text with…
- Bad Behaviour (1993)
- Dir. Les Blair
Feat. Stephen Rea, Sinead Cusack, Phil Daniels…
- Middle life and class are sliced from the Leigh/Loach mould, but with more improvisation and less cynicism. Stephen Rea plays a town planner at the…
- Bodies Rest and Motion (1993)
- Dir. Michael Steinberg
Feat. Tim Roth, Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates…
- Suburban aimlessness underlies this entertaining, stylish 'gen–X' romancer with an appealing twentysomething quartet.
- Calendar (1993)
- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Atom Egoyan, Arsinee Khanjian
- Dir. Atom Egoyan and his real–life wife Arsinee Khanjian play a romantic–professional couple whose photographic calendar assignment in…
- Clean, Shaven (1993)
- Dir. Lodge Kerrigan
Feat. Peter Greene
- Cult actor Peter Green followed his great work in LAWS OF GRAVITY with this difficult but startling independent feature as a violent schizophrenic…