Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5540 Films to Buy & Rent
Disco Exorcist (2013)
- Dir. Richard Griffin
Feat. Shadow Faye, Andre Boudreau, Kevin Killavey
- Outrageous horror comedy about a disco king and playboy whose one night stand turns bad when he enrages a black magic priestess. A fun throwback to…
Dom Hemingway (2013)
- Dir. Richard Shepard
Feat. Jude Law, Emilia Clarke, Kerry Condon…
- Jude Law plays a gloriously profane ex–con trying to make it or break it on the streets of London after 12 years in the slammer. Messily…
Don Jon (2013)
- Dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore…
- Joseph Gordon–Levitt wrote, directs and stars in this distinctly masculine rom–com as a New Jersey 'player' who must confront his nagging…
Drinking Buddies (2013)
- Dir. Joe Swanberg
Feat. Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick…
- Dir. Joe Swanberg instills a mumblecore ethos into this lively and naturalistic comedy of two friendly couples fighting an attraction to opposite…
Edwin: My Life as a Koont (2013)
- Dir. Jason Stutter
Feat. Bryce Campbell, Jessica Grace Smith, David Fane…
- Jason Stutter (TONGAN NINJA) directs this irreverant and frequently funny Kiwi comedy about a "koontz–syndrome" sufferer who attempts to stage…
English Teacher, The (2013)
- Dir. Craig Zisk
Feat. Julianne Moore, Michael Angarano, Greg Kinnear…
- An introverted English teacher learns to take risks in life and love with the aid of a former student and aspiring playwright in this snappy,…
Enough Said (2013)
- Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener…
- Writer/director Nicole Holofcener moves into the first division with her fifth feature film, a savvy divorcee rom–com in perfect accord with…
Fading Gigolo (2013)
- Dir. John Turturro
Feat. John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sofia Vergara…
- John Turturro is a struggling Brooklyn bookstore owner who contrives with his best friend (played by Woody Allen) to set up a male prostitution…
Family Tree (TV Series) (2013)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Chris O'Dowd, Ed Jr. Begley, Nina Conti…
- Director Christopher Guest (WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BEST IN SHOW) applies his distinctive doco–style comedy to the episodic format of television…
Family, The (2013)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron…
- In this stylised black comedy, De Niro sends himself up (yet again) as the patriarch of a mafia family shipped off to France under witness…