Subgenre Sampler
Independent: 834 Films to Buy & Rent
Simple Men (1992)
- Dir. Hal Hartley
Feat. Robert Burke, Bill Sage, Martin Donovan…
- Hartley's third feature re–visits his deadpan, sexy and intellectual world in which two brothers set off to find their estranged father.
Slacker (1992)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Richard Linklater
- A hugely original and influential film that virtually coined the phrase for young aimless academics of the 1990s. Essentially plotless, it is…
South Central (1992)
- Dir. Steve Anderson
Feat. Glenn Plummer
- Compelling ghetto fable about a gang–member whose violent background impedes his attempt to start a fresh with his neglected wife and child.
Waterdance, The (1992)
- Dir. Neal Jimenez, Michael Steinberg
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes
- A wheel–chair bound Eric Stoltz shares a rehab unit with others whom he has nothing else in common. Based on writer Neal Jimenez's experience,…
Where the Day Takes You (1992)
- Dir. Mark Rocco
Feat. Dermot Mulroney, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ricki Lake…
- Dermot Mulroney, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ricky Lake, Will Smith, and others elucidate the harsh realities of life on the streets of L.A. Somewhat dominated…
Zebrahead (1992)
- Dir. Anthony Drazan
Feat. Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan
- A white Jewish boy ignites long–simmering racial tension when he starts dating his best friend's black cousin. Gritty urban drama coasts along…
Adjuster, The (1991)
- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Elias Koteas, Arsinee Khanjian, Maury Chaykin
- Eliptical and seductive fifth feature from one of cinema's most original talents. Two 'adjusters' – an insurance assessor, and his wife, a film…
Arizona Dream (1991)
- Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor
- A young Inuit dreamer is called to Arizona for his uncle's wedding, where he is bewitched by a neurotic mother–daughter team.
An eccentric…
Barton Fink (1991)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis
- The Coen Bros' striking if enigmatic account of a brilliant scribe hampered with writer's block and a strange hotel companion in mid 1940s Hollywood.…
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
- Dir. John Singleton
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Jr. Gooding, Ice-Cube
- Sincere and authentic street gang fable focuses on a group of friends living in a black, working–class neighbourhood in South Central L.A. A…