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Subgenre Sampler

 
Hollywood EndingHollywood Ending (2002)
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Tea Leoni, George Hamilton
Dir. Allen turns the lense onto his own business in an ever–characteristic comedy about a struggling film director (Allen) whose comeback…
Hope SpringsHope Springs (2002)
Dir. Mark Herman
Feat. Colin Firth, Minnie Driver, Heather Graham
Smoothly enjoyable though indistinguishable romance that sees a British illustrator (Firth) 'start again' in a small New England town after being…
Igby Goes DownIgby Goes Down (2002) Recommended
Dir. Burr Steers
Feat. Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum
More than meets the eye in this indie New York satire about an over–educated ‘slacker’ experiencing growing pains amid upper…
L'Homme du TrainL'Homme du Train (Man on the Train) (2002) Recommended
Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday
An elegantly amusing role–switching tale that's equal parts social comedy, existential drama and subtle thriller, tinged with melancholy…
Laurel CanyonLaurel Canyon (2002)
Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale
Dropping in on the LA music scene, the writer–director of HIGH ART returns to her pet theme of conservatism yielding to a bohemianism, but…
Linda Green (TV Series)Linda Green (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Liza Tarbuck
Surprisingly endearing comic drama, follows the life of swinging single girl Linda (played by former TV presenter Liza Tarbuck) from work to home to…
Man Without a Past, TheMan Without a Past, The (2002) Recommended
Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen
Another understated, double–take comedy from Finnish dir. Kaurismaki, making perhaps his most cleverly balanced work yet. An itinerant…
Monsieur BatignoleMonsieur Batignole (2002) Recommended
Dir. Gerard Jugnot
Feat. Gerard Jugnot
An ironic comedy set in WW2 Paris, in which the titular butcher helps himself to an apartment vacated by a Jewish family who have been rounded up by…
Nicholas NicklebyNicholas Nickleby (2002)
Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Stella Gonet, Christopher Plummer, Tom Courtenay
Able–handed version of Dicken's classic of Victorian–age injustice, that respects both the comic and tragic sides to the tale. After…
Once Upon a Time in the MidlandsOnce Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson
The bittersweet dramatics of dir. Meadows (ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS) get a fresh telling in this Nottingham drama, with the added spin of some ironic…

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