Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Drama: 1111 Films to Buy & Rent
Book Group, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Annie Griffin
Feat. Anne Dudek, Rory McCann, James Lance
- Browses amusingly through the lives of a mixed group of Glaswegian book–lovers, who have weekly meetings to discuss their literary…
Crush (2001)
- Dir. John McKay
Feat. Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor
- Uninhibited, yet ultimately wishful, this drama concerns the sex–starved lives of three middle–aged women, mainly teacher Andie…
Crying... Silicon Tears (Klama) (2001)
- Dir. Thanassis Papathanassiou
- One of the biggest hits of recent Greek cinema, this is a lavish parody of 1960s Greek movie melodramas, mixing musical, comedy and suspense into a…
Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
- Dir. Alan Taylor
Feat. Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny…
- Moderately noteworthy, this historical conceit has the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte switch identities with a commoner in order to escape St Helena,…
Fast Food Fast Women (2001)
- Dir. Amos Ollek
Feat. Anna Thomson
- Set within a New York diner and the coming–and–going of customers and staff, this gentle indie–drama serves up some charming comedy…
Festival in Cannes (2001)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell…
- Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle (2001)
- Dir. Philippe Harel
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Jose Garcia
- Less sports drama than celebration of the endearingly average, this comical biopic charts the 30–year career of big–hearted, but…
Guinevere (2001)
- Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea
- Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…
Italian For Beginners (2001)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Anders W Berthelsen
- A likeable ensemble comedy in which six vulnerable characters orbit a drab Copenhagen suburb, each seeking some form of solace, romance or…
La Spagnola (2001)
- Dir. Steve Jacobs
Feat. Lola Marceli, Alice Ansara, Simon Palomaros…
- Drawing on the dir.’s experiences as an immigrant Spaniard in 1960s Australia, this colourful tale of revenge centres round a tempestuous…