Subgenre Sampler
Independent: 834 Films to Buy & Rent
Smoke (1995)
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Stockard Channing…
- The casual intersection of five lives in a modest corner of Brooklyn, NY, yields unexpected blessings. Writer Paul Auster's astute observations and…
Swimming with Sharks (Buddy Factor, The) (1995)
- Dir. George Huang
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes…
- Based on the director's own experiences as an underling, this acid–tongued black comedy will appeal to the repressed vigilante in us all. Kevin…
Barcelona (1994)
- Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, Mira Sorvino
- The director's METROPOLITAN was an acquired taste with its esoteric subject and unusual tone, and this will just as likely delight or infuriate.…
Boy Meets Girl (1994)
- Dir. Ray Brady
Feat. Tim Poole, Danielle Sanderson, Margot Steinberg
- For many years banned in the UK on video at least, this abrasive, low–budget drama plays out the wilfully unpleasant scenario of a man who gets…
Crooklyn (1994)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo
- Spike Lee fondly (and not so fondly) remembers some of the sights and sounds of '70s Brooklyn that shaped his distinctive outlook. A labour of love…
Exotica (1994)
- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Elias Koteas, Don McKellar, Mia Kirshner
- Canadian dir. Atom Egoyan consummates his voyeuristic obsessions to a creative zenith with a critical masterpiece that aims straight at the most…
Fun (1994)
- Dir. Rafal Zielinski
Feat. Renee Humphrey, Alicia Witt
- Two teenage girls just want to have fun, but their obsessive pursuit of it leads them to murder an old lady for no other reason.
This remarkable…
Girls in Prison (1994)
- Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Ione Skye, Anne Heche, Jon Polito…
- An aspiring rock singer is framed for murder and thrown into jail with birds eager to engage in alot more than a friendly round of…
Glass Shield, The (1994)
- Dir. Charles Burnett
Feat. Ice-Cube, Lori Petty
- A black police officer is divided by loyalties to his race and to his fellow officers when a black street punk (Ice Cube) is accused of murdering a…
Higher Learning (1994)
- Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson
- There's never a dull moment on this college campus, in between the black militants and neo–nazis, Jew and gay bashing, date rapes,…