Subgenre Sampler
Independent: 835 Films to Buy & Rent
Ivans xtc (2000)
- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Danny Huston, Peter Weller
- Not just another Hollywood–insider morality tale, this micro–budget wonder about the last days of hot–shot talent agent emerges as…
Panic (2000)
- Dir. Henry Bromell
Feat. William H. Macy, Neve Campbell, Tracey Ullman…
- There is more than meets the eye in this curiously pitched black comedy concerning a well–dressed contract killer (Macy) who seeks refuge from…
Pledge, The (2000)
- Dir. Sean Penn
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright, Helen Mirren…
- Sean Penn as director's pledge to the stuff of raw drama pays off with a thriller/parable centred round a powerhouse turn from Jack Nicholson.
As…
Series 7: The Contenders (2000)
- Dir. Daniel Minahan
Feat. Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke
- The scourge of ‘reality–TV’ gets its comeuppance (or homage?) in this ultraviolent satire. We’re in the near–future,…
Shirt, The (2000)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. Brian Sargent, Kirsty King-Turner, Jeff Szusterman…
- Chiefly the creation of Wellingtonian writer/producer Ross Bevan, this hits hard as a raw study of three career–junkies ‘led’ by a…
Trixie (2000)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Emily Watson, Nick Nolte, Dermot Mulroney…
- Uneven attempt at a film–noir spoof by cult dir. Rudolph (who did it better in LOVE AT LARGE) with Emily Watson as a low–wattage…
Urbania (2000)
- Dir. Jon Shear
Feat. Dan Futterman, Alan Cumming, Matt Keesler
- Edgy indie hit following the insomniac wanderings of a dashing yuppie who is coping with the death of his partner. A hit at the 2000 Sundance Film…
Virgin Suicides, The (2000)
- Dir. Sofia Coppola
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods…
- An aptly seductive adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ acclaimed romantic tragedy set in a sleepy Michigan community in the mid–70s. Kirsten…
Viva Las Nowhere (Dead Simple) (2000)
- Dir. Jason Bloom
Feat. Daniel Stern, Patricia Richardson, Lacey Kohl…
- Checking into a deserted motel in the “geographical centre of the USA” run by luckless, aspiring country–songwriter Daniel Stern, this darn…
Waiting Place, The (2000)
- Dir. Cristobal Araus Lobos
- A carefully made 'DV–feature' about two unstable prison–escapers who traverse an overgrown rural landscape towards a rendezvous at an…