Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5536 Films to Buy & Rent
Frances Ha (2012)
- Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver…
- The whimsical exploits of a struggling dancer at the tail end of her adolescence are semi–improvised in this Manhattan indie rom–com,…
Free Samples (2012)
- Dir. Jay Gammill
Feat. Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter…
- A small–scale but deceptively smart and engaging "retail comedy" that spends a day in the life with a sarcastic LA law–school dropout who…
Fresh Meat (2012)
- Dir. Danny Mulheron
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Nicola Kawana, Hanna Tevita…
- A cannibal comedy with a Maori twist, this spirited romp throws various genres into its gory blender when a gang of criminals accidentally invade the…
Friday Night Dinner (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Tamsin Greig, Paul Ritter, Simon Bird…
- The British sprinkle their rowdy sense of humour over the conventional family sitcom format in this fun series centred on the weekly Friday night…
Gambit (2012)
- Dir. Michael Hoffman
Feat. Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Cameron Diaz…
- An art curator's best laid plans to steal a priceless statue from a tycoon come unstuck when he recruits a slippery blonde as his partner in…
Girl In Progress (2012)
- Dir. Patricia Riggen
Feat. Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine, Cierra Ramirez
- Comedy following a Hispanic single mother (Eva Mendes) raising a precocious teenager who wants to grow up fast, and decides to tick off all the…
Girls - Season 1 (TV Series) (2012)
- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke…
- Following her "mumblecore" hit TINY FURNITURE, wunderkind Lena Dunham's breakthrough into television (with the help of kingpin Judd Apatow) heralds a…
Golden (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Lucy Schmidt, Joel Tobeck, Jesse Griffin…
- The Olympic spirit makes for comedy gold in this Kiwi sitcom about a washed up former rowing world champion who's determined to make a comeback,…
Good for Nothing (2012)
- Dir. Mike Wallis
Feat. Cohen Holloway, Inge Rademeyer, Jon Pheloung…
- A convincingly mounted 'Pavlova Western' homegrown in New Zealand but set in the traditional American west, about a nameless outlaw's misguided…
Grabbers (2012)
- Dir. Jon Wright
Feat. Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey
- A very Irish sense of humour permeates throughout this daffy, if highly entertaining horror comedy, about a mutant strain of creatures who descend on…