Subgenre Sampler
Independent: 834 Films to Buy & Rent
Size of Watermelons, The (1996)
- Dir. Kari Skogland
Feat. Paul Rudd, Ione Skye
- Bored college geek Paul Rudd rivals his peers' lofty ambitions to be rock stars by deciding on a whim to become a film–maker.
Essentially a…
Small Time (1996)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Shane Meadows
- Shane Meadows stars with his mates in his rough 'n' ready featurette, shot for five grand on digital video. He makes a fast and able riff through…
Swingers (1996)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Heather Graham
- A neurotic monogamist and his philandering friend search for love, or the next best thing. Shooting from the heart as well as the pelvis, this funky…
Trainspotting (1996)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller…
- The creators of SHALLOW GRAVE reinvigorate the British film industry by transforming an obscure cult novel about heroine addicts into a…
Trees Lounge (1996)
- Dir. Steve Buscemi
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny, Anthony LaPaglia…
- Lovelorn, unemployed mechanic Steve Buscemi drags himself downstairs each day to the local watering hole of the title for bouts of…
Unhook the Stars (1996)
- Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gerard Depardieu
- Ageing widow Gena Rowlands forms an unlikely bond with a seven–year old neighbour and his abrasive mother in this absorbing drama, directed…
Walking and Talking (1996)
- Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber
- A sort of femme flipside to 'Swingers', two women – one single, one about to be married – work out their romantic hangups in original and…
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Heather Matarazzo, Victoria Davis
- Winner of the grand prize at Sundance '96, this is a blackly comic portrait of a dreaded kind of coming–of–age. Teenage persecution and…
Amateur (1995)
- Dir. Hal Hartley
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Lowensohn
- Hal Hartley approaches the conventions of a thriller in further probing his fixation with dysfunctional romance and relationships, and thus checks in…
Basketball Diaries, The (1995)
- Dir. Scott Calvert
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Juliette Lewis…
- Leonardo DiCaprio excels as a young Jim Carroll, an infamous New York poet/musician/junkie who maintained a personal journal through a…