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Subgenre Sampler

 
Descendants, TheDescendants, The (2011) Recommended
Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller
George Clooney plays a land heir attempting to reconnect with his family after a serious accident befalls his wife in this seriocomic mid–life…
DriveDrive (2011) Recommended
Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston
Ryan Gosling smoulders as a moonlighting getaway driver in–over–his–head in this crisply stylised, romance–inflected crime…
Hara-Kiri: Death of a SamuraiHara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) Aro Favourite
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Naoto Takenaka
The ever–versatile Takashi Miike changes tack from his rollicking samurai adventure, 13 ASSASSINS, to deliver a restrained and resonant tale of…
HeadhuntersHeadhunters (2011) Recommended
Dir. Morten Tyldum
Feat. Aksel Hennie, Synnove Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Jo Nesbo's blockbusting crime novel about a corporate headhunter moonlighting as an art thief gets an appropriately energetic treatment, and with its…
Hobo with a ShotgunHobo with a Shotgun (2011)
Dir. Jason Eisener
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Gregory Smith, Brian Downey
Spawned from the leftovers of the Tarantino–Rodriguez 'Grindhouse' double–bill, this ropey pastiche of revenge movies and B–grade…
HugoHugo (2011) Recommended
Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley
A state–of–the–art fantasy and homage to the origins of film and one of its earlier innovators, George Méliès (Kingsley), whose…
Ides of March, TheIdes of March, The (2011) Recommended
Dir. George Clooney
Feat. George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Ryan Gosling plays an idealistic campaign worker forced to play dirty in a battle between opposing sides in a Democratic primary campaign in this…
In TimeIn Time (2011) Recommended
Dir. Andrew Niccol
Feat. Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy
More high–concept futurism from ex–pat Kiwi Andrew Niccol (GATTACA, S1M0NE) finds Justin Timberlake on the lam in a world where units of…
Jane EyreJane Eyre (2011) Recommended
Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Feat. Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell
A delicate and atmospheric adaptation of the much–filmed Charlotte Bronte melodrama tragedy about a young governess who seals her tragic fate…
Johnny English RebornJohnny English Reborn (2011)
Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West
The blundering Bond returns in this agreeably silly sequel. This time round a series of international assassins are hunting the Chinese premier, and…

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