Subgenre Sampler
Independent: 833 Films to Buy & Rent
It's the Rage (1999)
- Dir. James D. Stern
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Gary Sinise…
- This caustic, precocious black comedy/satire of America's obsession with guns is a roundelay of violent and volatile confrontations that eventually…
Jerry and Tom (1999)
- Dir. Saul Rubinek
Feat. Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy…
- Adding mileage to the crime–caper genre, Joe Mantegna plays a hitman who puts used–car salesman Sam Rockwell (LAWN DOGS) through a droll…
L.A. Without a Map (1999)
- Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. David Tennant, Vincent Gallo, Julie Delpy…
- A young Scottish undertaker (Tennant) follows an aspiring American actress back to La–la land, where he competes with the shallow excesses and…
Minus Man, The (1999)
- Dir. Hampton Fancher
Feat. Owen Wilson, Mercedes Ruehl, Janeane Garofalo…
- Comic actor Owen Wilson is sort–of cast against type as an impassive, child–like drifter with a penchant for random poisonings, settling…
Playing by Heart (1999)
- Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson…
- Ambitious multi–character film along the lines of SHORT CUTS, likewise set in the varying social strata of Los Angeles, but infused with…
Pornographer, The (1999)
- Dir. Doug Aitchison
Feat. Craig Wasson
- A despairing young loner finds self–esteem and success as a pornographer, but quickly finds himself on the receiving end of exploitation. Rises…
SLC Punk! (1999)
- Dir. James Merendino
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Michael Goorjian, Annabeth Gish
- Based on a comic strip, this cartoonish comedy follows the ‘rebellious’ antics of Stevo and friends, the only punks in arch–conservative…
Summer of Sam (1999)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino…
- Getting some distance from his usual street–scene, Spike Lee lets off a real firecracker of a film, set during the heatwave summer of 1977,…
Sunburn (1999)
- Dir. Nelson Hume
Feat. Paloma Baeza, Cillian Murphy, Barry Ward…
- Minor–key indie with Paloma Baeza as an Irish drifter who takes the easy path of a summer’s slacking in Long Island, USA. Music by The High…
Sunset Strip (1999)
- Dir. Adam Collis
Feat. Jared Leto, Tommy Flanagan, Adam Goldberg…
- Not the BOOGIE–NIGHTS–retread it appears, this intimate, reflective tribute to Los Angeles' hedonistic club…