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Subgenre Sampler

 
Dog DaysDog Days (2001) Recommended
Dir. Ulrich Seidl
Feat. Maria Hofstatter, Alfred Mrva, Erich Finsches
A wilfully transgressive Euro–drama examining middle–class dysfunction and despair in a Viennese suburb over a few days in a summer heat…
Ichi the KillerIchi the Killer (2001)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto
Dir. Takashi Miike earned his notoriety with this wincingly violent revenge thriller in which a bent ex–cop (played by "Tetsuo" director,…
Jackass (TV Series)Jackass (TV Series) (2001)
Feat. Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O , Bam Margera
Compilation of the 'best' moments from MTV's cult TV–series in which a group of warped individuals inflict pranks, painful,…
L.I.E.L.I.E. (2001) Recommended
Dir. Michael Cuesta
Feat. Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Billy Kay
Unsettling coming of age drama with Paul Dano as a troubled and lonely young man who after the death of his mother befriends paedophile Brian…
Raw Deal: A Question of ConsentRaw Deal: A Question of Consent (2001) Recommended
Dir. Billy Corben
Testing the boundaries of what is permissable in documentary, this tries the case of several frat–boys in Florida who were accused of gang…
StorytellingStorytelling (2001)
Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. John Goodman, Selma Blair, Franke Potente
Continuing to plumb the depths of controversy, the dir. of HAPPINESS tells more stories of the depressed and cruel inhabitants of American suburbia,…
Visitor QVisitor Q (Bizita Q) (2001)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Kenichi Endo, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe
Miike Takashi's most controversial film – which in this case is really saying something – finally coming to video (?). A legendarily…
American PsychoAmerican Psycho (2000)
Dir. Mary Harron
Feat. Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto
Mercifully sanitised adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis' controversial novel, that wallowed in the depraved mind/antics of a homicidal Wall Street…
CunnamullaCunnamulla (2000) Recommended
Dir. Dennis O'Rourke
The provocative director of GOOD WOMAN OF BANGKOK turns his lense onto the Australian community of the title, a rag–tag small–town in…
IntimacyIntimacy (2000)
Dir. Patrice Chereau
Feat. Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Timothy Spall
Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox bare their flesh as well as their souls as a separated father–of–two and a married mother who meet weekly for…
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