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All the Real Girls (2003): Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Patricia Clarkson, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider; Wistful, nuanced tale set in a tiny North Carolina town, where the town stud must prove himself in a romance with his best friend's…
My Life Without Me (2003): Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Deborah Harry…; This award–winning vignette concerns a young woman (Polley), told by her doctor she has only a short time to live, who strives to secretly…
Four Days (2001): Dir. Curtis Wehrfritz
Feat. Colm Meaney, Lolita Davidovich, Kevin Zegers…; This accomplished 'existential thriller', based on 60s crime novel by John Buell, fuses genre conventions with weightier concerns about loneliness…
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…
Interstate 60 (2001): Dir. Bob Gale
Feat. James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Kurt Russell…; An appealingly quirky teen road movie from the writer of the BACK TO THE FUTURE series, in which Marsden sets out on the mythical American highway,…
Love the Hard Way (2001): Dir. Peter Sehr
Feat. Adrien Brody, Pam Grier; Big–city fable with Brody playing a snakeskin–jacketed thief with some polished one–liners, who nurses a secret ambition to be a…
Shirt, The (2000): Dir. John Laing
Feat. Brian Sargent, Kirsty King-Turner, Jeff Szusterman…; Chiefly the creation of Wellingtonian writer/producer Ross Bevan, this hits hard as a raw study of three career–junkies ‘led’ by a…
Trixie (2000): Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Emily Watson, Nick Nolte, Dermot Mulroney…; Uneven attempt at a film–noir spoof by cult dir. Rudolph (who did it better in LOVE AT LARGE) with Emily Watson as a low–wattage…
20 Dates (1999): Dir. Myles Berkowitz; Queasily, both a documentary and 'mockumentary'; the director set out to make a movie and find himself a girlfriend at the same time, organising 20…
Body Shots (1999): Dir. Michael Cristofer
Feat. Sean Patrick Flannery, Amanda Peet, Tara Reid…; Flashy tale of eight twentysomethings shares its style, setting and cultural niche with GO, dividing neatly into four typically smug boys and four…
Desert Blue (1999): Dir. Morgan J. Freeman
Feat. Brendon Sexton III, Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci…; Various moods of isolation pervade the Californian desert–town setting of this comical melange of cliché and eccentricity, contrived around an…
Don's Plum (1999): Dir. RD Robb
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marissa Ribisis…; A B&W nocturnal drama that gathers around 4 young couples who mingle in a night–club over cocktails to banter, discuss their sex–lives…
Elephant Juice (1999): Dir. Sam Miller
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Sean Gallagher, Daniel Lapaine; The makers of the cult late–night TV–series ‘This Life’, extract a similar blend of drama, ennui and pathos from the lives of…
Entropy (1999): Dir. Phil Joanou
Feat. Stephen Dorff; A rock–video director for U2, Stephen Dorff talks/confesses to his own camcorder about how he came to New York, hung out and fell in love with…
Fugazi - Instrument (1999): Dir. Jem Cohen, Fugazi; Culled from concert, interview and home footage, this portrayal of fiercely independent rock–bank Fugazi transcends the…
It's the Rage (1999): Dir. James D. Stern
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, Gary Sinise…; This caustic, precocious black comedy/satire of America's obsession with guns is a roundelay of violent and volatile confrontations that eventually…
Jerry and Tom (1999): Dir. Saul Rubinek
Feat. Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy…; Adding mileage to the crime–caper genre, Joe Mantegna plays a hitman who puts used–car salesman Sam Rockwell (LAWN DOGS) through a droll…
L.A. Without a Map (1999): Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. David Tennant, Vincent Gallo, Julie Delpy…; A young Scottish undertaker (Tennant) follows an aspiring American actress back to La–la land, where he competes with the shallow excesses and…
Minus Man, The (1999): Dir. Hampton Fancher
Feat. Owen Wilson, Mercedes Ruehl, Janeane Garofalo…; Comic actor Owen Wilson is sort–of cast against type as an impassive, child–like drifter with a penchant for random poisonings, settling…
Playing by Heart (1999): Dir. Willard Carroll
Feat. Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson…; Ambitious multi–character film along the lines of SHORT CUTS, likewise set in the varying social strata of Los Angeles, but infused with…
Pornographer, The (1999): Dir. Doug Aitchison
Feat. Craig Wasson; A despairing young loner finds self–esteem and success as a pornographer, but quickly finds himself on the receiving end of exploitation. Rises…
Sunset Strip (1999): Dir. Adam Collis
Feat. Jared Leto, Tommy Flanagan, Adam Goldberg…; Not the BOOGIE–NIGHTS–retread it appears, this intimate, reflective tribute to Los Angeles' hedonistic club…
Afterglow (1998): Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle…; At times precious but ultimately wise drama of multiple adulteries sees disjointed couple Nick Nolte (plumber) and Julie Christie (ex–horror…
Dead Man's Curve (1998): Dir. Dan Rosen
Feat. Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell, Dana Delaney; Taking malicious advantage of a school–policy loophole, two desperate students conspire to dress up the murder of their room–mate as a…
Henry Fool (1998): Dir. Hal Hartley
Feat. Thomas Jay Ryan, Parker Posey, James Urbaniak…; Hal Hartley gathers several unlikely narrative threads concerning a bottled–up trashman composing an epic poem while under the spell of…
High Art (1998): Dir. Lisa Cholodenko
Feat. Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy; Accepted into the fold of her washed–up, drug–addled neighbours, a curious young photojournalist (Rahda Mitchell) finds professional and…
Men with Guns (1998): Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Frederico Luppi; Criminally denied a theatrical release, this masterful study of Third World realities is arguably prolific indie dir. John Sayles most accomplished…
Next Stop, Wonderland (1998): Dir. Brad Anderson
Feat. Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman; Hope Davis (DAYTRIPPERS) utterly captivates as a jilted blonde indisposed to the dating scene, who finds little sign of Mr. Right in the long queue…
Other Sister, The (1998): Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt; Free–spirited, yet 'simple' Juliette Lewis runs riot much to the consternation of her uptight parents, Diane Keaton and Tom…
Price Above Rubies, A (1998): Dir. Boaz Yakin
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Julianne Margulies…; Sincere though meddlesome attempt to depict life in the closed society of Hasidic Judaism, finds it hard to measure up to dir. Boaz Yakin's…
Slam (1998): Dir. Marc Levin; Tight, impassioned street–drama that won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance in 1998, following the travails of a petty drug–dealer whose…
Trance (The Eternal) (1998): Dir. Michael Almereyda
Feat. Christopher Walken, Jared Harris, Alison Elliott…; Revision of Universal's horror classic THE MUMMY as a contemporary Gothic mood–piece set in coastal Ireland, an alcoholic American couple…
Whatever (1998): Dir. Susan Skoog
Feat. Lisa Weil; Beset by apathy, uncertainty and her indulgent best friend, a teenage girl falls victim to her own adolescence while trying to complete her final…
All Over Me (1997): Dir. Alex Sichel
Feat. Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser…; A lesbian festival hit that has 'crossover' hit written all over it, as it persuasively pinpoints some of the universal, intense emotions of…
Bastard Out of Carolina (1997): Dir. Anjelica Huston
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Jena Malone, Jennifer Jason Leigh…; In her directing debut, Anjelica Huston boldly renders the indelicacies of a grim coming–of–age story, but its success is thanks largely…
Clockwatchers (1997): Dir. Jill Sprecher
Feat. Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow…; Four office temps band together in an oppressive (and outdated?) corporate environment – too bad they're caricatures: Toni Collette is…
Curdled (1997): Dir. Reb Braddock
Feat. Angela Jones, William Baldwin; Confident black comedy with an uncurdled premise – an innocent yet morbidly–fascinated senorita joins a Miami cleaning agency…
Deceiver (Liar) (1997): Dir. Josh Pate, Jonas Pate
Feat. Michael Rooker, Christopher Penn; Suspected of a gruesome homicide, troubled rich kid Tim Roth may or may not be running rings around not–so–clever cops Michael Rooker and…
Eye of God (1997): Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Hal Holbrook; A firm patch of Southern Gothic, this cautionary tale examines spousal and religious abuse in sombre and convincing detail, secured by deft multiple…
Gravesend (1997): Dir. Sal Stabile
Feat. Thomas Brandise, Tom Malloy, Michael Parducci…; Following a desperate night among four buddies in the run–down New York neighbourhood of Gravesend on the fringe of Coney Island, this…
Hurricane Streets (1997): Dir. Morgan J. Freeman
Feat. Brendon Sexton III, Antoine McLean; The excellent Brendan Sexton III (WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE) does a sympathetic about–turn for this unflashy take on teenage delinquency. It…
Jack Frost (1997): Dir. Michael Cooney
Feat. Scott MacDonald, Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel; A modern Ed Wood–style horror comedy about a killer snowman terrorising a small rural community. While uneven, this is mostly better than it…
Lawn Dogs (1997): Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton; The Australian director of THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE applies a lightly–stylised Antipodean touch to this American tale of a friendship between a…
Locusts, The (1997): Dir. John Patrick Kelley
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Kate Capshaw, Ashley Judd; Tawdry, mostly shallow slice of Southern 'Faulkner–esque' pulp has Vince Vaughn (SWINGERS) drifting into a hot spot of small–town trouble…
Niagara Niagara (1997): Dir. Bob Gosse
Feat. Robin Tunney, Henry Thomas, Michael Parks…; If you have the stamina to hit the road again with another pair of white–trash, gun–crazy young lovers (who meet while shoplifting), this…
Quiet Room, The (1997): Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Celine O'Leary, Paul Blackwell; Low budget, almost experimental film from the dir. of BAD BOY BUBBY, who organically developed the script around his real–life daughters.…
She's So Lovely (1997): Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Robin Wright, Sean Penn, John Travolta; As a low–life couple whose romantic intensity borders on madness, married double–act Robin Wright and Sean Penn off–handedly…
Shooting Fish (1997): Dir. Stefan Schwartz
Feat. Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend, Kate Beckinsale; Smarmy, contrived romantic comedy with anarchic pretensions and loads o' pop music for the kids, desperately shoots for mainstream success ala 'Four…
Suburbia (1997): Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Giovanni Ribisi, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn…; Dir. Linklater returns to his favourite milieu – the teen angst movie – only this time working from someone else's material, a play by…
Ulee's Gold (1997): Dir. Victor Nunez
Feat. Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Jessica Biel; Peter Fonda gives good grace as an ageing, emotionally reticent beekeeper who is much less at ease with what's going on in his family's hive, a unit…
Denise Calls Up (1996): Dir. Hal Selwen
Feat. Alannah Ubach, Tim Daly; Twee New York low–budget indie in which six people, most of whom have never met, conduct the gamut of human relations using only the telephone.…
Dogs (Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint) (1996): Dir. Eve Annenburg
Feat. Pam Columbus, Pam Gray, Melody Beal…; Four Brooklyn women opt for a life of running an illegal bookie joint, over the dead–end, unemployed lifestyle of the local area. In her debut,…
Driftwood (1996): Dir. Ronan O'Leary
Feat. James Spader; A washed–up, amnesiac James Spader is beachcombed in remote Ireland by borderline obsessive Anne Brochet, who gets rather possessive when he…
Feeling Minnesota (1996): Dir. Steve Baigelman
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Vincent D'Onofrio…; Another in a line of sorry tales of violence, aimlessness and broken dreams, this represents everything that was bad about independent (American)…
Get On the Bus (1996): Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Glover, Will Smith, Wesley Snipes; A highly combustible mixed–bag of black men journey by bus to the Million Man March in Washington DC, a march of affirmation for a troubled…
Girl 6 (1996): Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Theresa Randle, Madonna, Naomi Campbell…; Spike Lee's risque fable of the phone sex and role–playing favours glamour over substance, so treat it like a black SHOWGIRLS with phones.…
Girls Town (1996): Dir. Jim McKay
Feat. Lili Taylor, Idina Harris, Anna Grace; Winner of both the Filmmaker's Trophy and the Special Jury prize at Sundance, this little seen film was one of genuine highlights of the 1997 NZ Film…
God's Lonely Man (1996): Dir. Francis Von Zerneck
Feat. Michael Wyle, Jamie Walters; The story of St. Francis of Assisi is loosely transposed to the underbelly of modern LA – a redemption–seeking nervous loner befriends a…
Jason's Lyric (1996): Dir. Doug McHenry
Feat. Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Forest Whitaker…; If you can't get enough boys in the 'hood, there's plenty of bloodshed and moral penance to be found in this tale of doomed lovers struggling to…
Keeper, The (1996): Dir. Joe Brewster
Feat. Giancarlo Esposito, Isaach de Bankole, Regina Taylor…; An idealistic black corrections officer bails out and offers shelter to a Haitian immigrant unjustly accused of rape, a gesture that will profoundly…
Kissed (1996): Dir. Lynne Stopkewich
Feat. Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge; A woman develops an unusual fascination with dead rodents that becomes a desire for embalming humans and blossoms into full–blown, ahem,…
Loaded (1996): Dir. Anna Campion
Feat. Oliver Milburn, Dearbhla Molloy, Danny Cunningham…; Fans of Trainspotting will connect with this compelling snapshot of the E–generation – an acid–inflected psychodrama that unfolds…
Lowball (1996): Dir. Demian Lichenstein
Feat. Peter Greene; Grimy, low–budget drama pursues NY cop Peter Greene through the mire of his deep cover assignment, as the various temptations of the scumbag…
Normal Life (1996): Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Kate Walsh…; Based on a true story of a by–the–book cop who turns to bank–robbing with a bit of encouragement from his off–the–boil…
Small Time (1996): Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Shane Meadows; Shane Meadows stars with his mates in his rough 'n' ready featurette, shot for five grand on digital video. He makes a fast and able riff through…
Unhook the Stars (1996): Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gerard Depardieu; Ageing widow Gena Rowlands forms an unlikely bond with a seven–year old neighbour and his abrasive mother in this absorbing drama, directed…
Brothers in Trouble (1995): Dir. Udayan Prasad
Feat. Om Puri, Angeline Ball; A Pakistani illegal–immigrant family struggle to maintain an income and dignity in a grim '60s Midland town. Bittersweet tragicomedy.
Delinquent (1995): Dir. Peter Hall
Feat. Desmond Devenish, Shawn Batten, Jeff Paul; The dysfunctional initiation into adulthood of a 15–year–old in a rural East Coast backwater. Atmospheric, with a groovy soundtrack by…
Kicking and Screaming (1995): Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Josh Hamilton, Eric Stoltz, Elliott Gould…; Several college grads flounder in love and with prospects of the future. Dialogue–intensive comedy borrows its philosophical vantage and acting…
Low Life, The (1995): Dir. George Hickenlooper
Feat. Rory Cochrane, Sean Astin, Kyra Sedgwick; Amiable, intelligent US independent about a young writer who moves to L.A. to find a struggle in the simplest things, let alone his hopes of taking…
Rude (1995): Dir. Clement Virgo
Feat. Maurice Dean Wint, Rachael Crawford, Clark Johnson; Three separate stories focus on personal crises in the housing projects of Toronto. A Canadian take on the ghetto drama, that is a refreshingly…
S.F.W. (1995): Dir. Jefery Levy
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon; Based on a significant Gen–X novel, Stephen Dorff plays Cliff Spab, a teenage loser who garners a major cult following as a hostage in a…
Fun (1994): Dir. Rafal Zielinski
Feat. Renee Humphrey, Alicia Witt; Two teenage girls just want to have fun, but their obsessive pursuit of it leads them to murder an old lady for no other reason. This remarkable…
Girls in Prison (1994): Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Ione Skye, Anne Heche, Jon Polito…; An aspiring rock singer is framed for murder and thrown into jail with birds eager to engage in alot more than a friendly round of…
Glass Shield, The (1994): Dir. Charles Burnett
Feat. Ice-Cube, Lori Petty; A black police officer is divided by loyalties to his race and to his fellow officers when a black street punk (Ice Cube) is accused of murdering a…
I Like It Like That (1994): Dir. Darnell Martin
Feat. Griffin Dunne, Rita Moreno; Dynamic, funny Bronx comedy in which a young mother takes on a job at a record company while juggling the demands of her children, headstrong husband…
Love and a 45 (1994): Dir. C.M. Talkington
Feat. Rory Cochrane, Michael Bowen; A Tarantino knock–off in which lovers–on–the–run go wild at heart in a world of eccentric misfits, ultra–violence,…
My Crazy Life (Mi Vida Loca) (1994): Dir. Allison Anders
Feat. Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas; Latino, girl–centic spin on BOYZ 'N THE HOOD from the director of GAS, FOOD, LODGING derives its script from anecdotes from real gang girls and…
Naked in New York (1994): Dir. Dan Algrant
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio…; Insecure playwright Eric Stoltz copes with the varying successes of his own career, girlfriend Mary–Louise Parker and college pal Ralph…
New Age, The (1994): Dir. Michael Tolkin
Feat. Peter Weller, Judy Davis; Peter Weller and Judy Davis are a restless, avaricious L.A. couple who seek fortune and/or meaning in their lives. Another icy, cynical hybrid of…
Sleep with Me (1994): Dir. Rory Kelly
Feat. Meg Tilly, Eric Stoltz, Craig Sheffer…; Playfully intelligent 'Gen X' drama in which Meg Tilly is the object of desire of both her fiancee and his best friend. Quentin Tarantino cameos as a…
Spanking the Monkey (1994): Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Jeremy Davies, Elizabeth Newett, Benjamin Hendrickson…; The awkwardness of youth is brilliantly captured in this provocative tragi–comedy, another maverick success story from the US indie scene. A…
Bad Behaviour (1993): Dir. Les Blair
Feat. Stephen Rea, Sinead Cusack, Phil Daniels…; Middle life and class are sliced from the Leigh/Loach mould, but with more improvisation and less cynicism. Stephen Rea plays a town planner at the…
Bodies Rest and Motion (1993): Dir. Michael Steinberg
Feat. Tim Roth, Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates…; Suburban aimlessness underlies this entertaining, stylish 'gen–X' romancer with an appealing twentysomething quartet.
From the Island (As an Eilean) (1993): Dir. Mike Alexander
Feat. Ken Hutchison, Iain MacLeod; A teenager comes to terms with the parochial and insular way of life in his village on a remote Scottish island. A vivid sense of landscape and local…
Go Fish (1993): Dir. Rose Troche
Feat. Guinevere Turner, V.S Brodie; A free–wheeling and revealing study of things lesbian with all its inherent prejudices and dilemmas. Not a 'coming–out' movie, but rather…
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1993): Dir. Joel Hershman
Feat. Adrienne Shelly, Sean Young, Diane Ladd; A strained attempt at achieving that 'John Waters' feeling, where everyone shouts at one another in a trashy/camp kinda way in trailer–park…
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1993): Dir. Leslie Harris
Feat. Ariyan Johnson; This cautionary tale from the Brooklyn streets lacks technical polish, but its heart–felt enthusiasm paints a geniune picture of what it is to…
My Life's in Turnaround (1993): Dir. Eric Shaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward
Feat. Eric Shaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward, John Sayles…; Two NY deadbeats, playing themselves, decide to make a movie out of thin air, pitching non–ideas to baffled producers, greasing up minor stars…
Twenty Bucks (1993): Dir. Keva Rosenfeld
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Christopher Lloyd, Brendan Fraser…; The path of a twenty dollar note connects a number of comic vignettes, most of which hit the mark. Polished up from a recently discovered 1935…
Blackfellas (Day of the Dog) (1992): Dir. James Ricketson
Feat. John J. Moore, David Ngoombujarra, Jack Charles; The first feature to be made within the Aboriginal community paints an unglamorous picture of a displaced culture in telling its tragic tale of a…
Crossing the Bridge (1992): Dir. Mike Binder
Feat. Stephen Baldwin, Josh Charles; A drug smuggling venture across the Canadian border tests the wits and friendship of three long–time pals about to confront adulthood in the…
Fly by Night (1992): Dir. Steve Gomer
Feat. Jeffrey D. Sams, Ron Brice; An unheralded black youth melodrama that brings with it a fresh perspective, an intelligent script and direction that doesn't impose (too much)…
Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1992): Dir. Jeff Stanzler
Feat. Tim Roth, Alexis Arquette; Tim Roth and Alexis Arquette both give knock–out performances in this powerful drama about a violent man trying to clean–up his…
Laws of Gravity (1992): Dir. Nick Gomez
Feat. Peter Greene, Edie Falco, Adam Trese…; Remarkably authentic Brooklyn street story follows a couple of aimless pals, their girlfriends and a volitile circle of hoods. The four leads are…
South Central (1992): Dir. Steve Anderson
Feat. Glenn Plummer; Compelling ghetto fable about a gang–member whose violent background impedes his attempt to start a fresh with his neglected wife and child.
Waterdance, The (1992): Dir. Neal Jimenez, Michael Steinberg
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Wesley Snipes; A wheel–chair bound Eric Stoltz shares a rehab unit with others whom he has nothing else in common. Based on writer Neal Jimenez's experience,…
Zebrahead (1992): Dir. Anthony Drazan
Feat. Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan; A white Jewish boy ignites long–simmering racial tension when he starts dating his best friend's black cousin. Gritty urban drama coasts along…
Adjuster, The (1991): Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Elias Koteas, Arsinee Khanjian, Maury Chaykin; Eliptical and seductive fifth feature from one of cinema's most original talents. Two 'adjusters' – an insurance assessor, and his wife, a film…
Gas, Food, Lodging (1991): Dir. Allison Anders
Feat. Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk; Delectable romantic tale of life in a truck–stop town for mom and two teenage daughters adds up to much more than the sum of its incidental…
Paris Trout (1991): Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey; In 1949, crazed hick Dennis Hopper manifests his full–blooded rascism when he murders the young sister of a negro who has renegged on his car…
Delusion (1990): Dir. Carl Colpaert
Feat. Jim Metzler, Jennifer Rubin, Kyle Secor…; Quirky cousin of ROADSIDE PROPHETS and HIGHWAY 61 adds a suspense element to its road–bound trio of odd–balls; a computer nerd with a…
Horseplayer (1990): Dir. Kurt Voss
Feat. Brad Dourif, Sammi Davis, Max Perlich; Interesting item stars the incomparably strange Brad Dourif as a loner being manipulated by bored neighbours. Unfortunately for them, Brad turns out…
Julia Has Two Lovers (1990): Dir. Bashar Shbib
Feat. Daphna Kastner, David Duchovny; A simple wrong number turns into a marathon phone conversation and 'relationship' between a doubtful bride–to–be (Daphna Kastner) and a…
Hush-A-Bye-Baby (1989): Dir. Margo Harkin
Feat. Seamus Ball, Rosina Brown, Sean Carlin…; Excellent portrayal, using 'workshop' methods, of the tribulations of four teenage girls in Northern Ireland, as they negotiate the local facts of…
In Fading Light (1989): Dir. Amber Film Collective
Feat. Joe Caffrey, Maureen Harold; Amber collective's admirable film focuses on the plight of a fishing town on the English north coast, in the face of Thatcherite corporate investment.
Roadkill (1989): Dir. Bruce McDonald
Feat. Valerie Buhagiar, Don McKellar; This first road movie from dir. Bruce McDonald (HIGHWAY 61) is possessed of a naive charm and raw energy that characterizes many of the best indie…
Heat and Sunlight (1988): Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Rob Nilsson, Consuela Faust; This film documents the final, agonising hours of a love affair between a man and his exotic dancer girlfirend. An intriguing, erotic oddity with…
School Daze (1988): Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn…; Spike Lee's black high–school musical is perhaps over–ambitious, but the disorder is compensated in sheer exuberance and…
Living On Tokyo Time (1987): Dir. Stephen Okazaki
Feat. Minako Ohashi, Ken Nakagawa, Mitzi Abe; Amusing independent film about a Japanese–American couple living in a marriage–of–convenience in San Fransisco.
Someone to Love (1987): Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Orson Welles; Typically loose and naturalistic drama from independent stalwart Henry Jaglom, who pretty much plays himself – a jaded divorcee filmmaker in search…
Screamplay (1986): Dir. Rufus Butler Seder
Feat. George Kuchar, Katy Bolger; Tacky amusement can be found in this midnight flick about a splatter movie writer whose nightmare visions become frighteningly real!
Dim Sum (A Little Bit of Heart) (1984): Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong; Endearing, warm–hearted tale of Chinese–Americans living in San Fransisco. Distinctly Chinese but the themes and the humour are universal.
Baby, It's You (1983): Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano; High–school sweethearts Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano undergo the trials of the late 60s counter–culture America. Characters and…
Falls, The (1980): Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray; One of dir. Greenaway's more trenchantly avant–garde works (think 'A Walk Though H' crossed with DROWNING BY NUMBERS), expanding his riddling…
Opening Night (1977): Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara; Intermittently fascinating, semi–improvised opus from Cassavetes (who also stars), about an aging actress (Gena Rowlands) who suffers a…
Welcome to L.A. (1976): Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Keith Carradine; A discouraged rock composer finds solace in a number of one–night stands. An arresting, provocative tale of life at the mercy of the…
Pink Flamingos (1971): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey…; John Waters' creative pinnacle (or nadir!) remains the ultimate statement in bad taste – a pure, unadulterated exercise in shock value!…
Wanda (1970): Dir. Barbara Loden
Feat. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins; The sole writing/directing credit of Barbara Loden, whose command of verite storytelling is matched by her own astonishing performance as a feckless…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 4 (1969-1980): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Underground film–maker Kenneth Anger manifests his dark artistic vision in two shorts that almost defy description. "Lucifer Rising"…
Plot Against Harry, The (1969): Dir. Michael Roemer
Feat. Harry Plotnik; Repentent racketeer Harry Plotnik is released from jail, but his plans to go legit in New York's Jewish community become inadvertently thwarted by…
Wedding Party, The (1969): Dir. Cynthia Monroe, Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Robert De Niro; Brian De Palma collaborated with others to make this while still at college in 1963. Improvised film details the sparring between a couple before…
Color Me Lurid (1966): Dir. George Kuchar; A sampler of six of the kitschest and coolest short films from the weird mind of George Kuchar. Fans of John Waters' work will be delighted and…
Shadows (1959): Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Lelia Goldoni; Cassavetes' influential debut explores inter–racial relationships with improvised dialogue, gitanes, ray–bans and Charlie Mingus…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 2 (1954): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Features "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" (1954), a depiction of an imaginative world of gods invoked and controlled by the untamed desires of…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 3 (1949-1965): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Three more shorts from Mssr. Anger, including "Kustom Kar Kommando" (1965), "Puce Moments" (1949), and his most famous and controversial work,…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 1 (1947-1953): Dir. Kenneth Anger; The first of a four–part compendium of shorts from the American iconoclast: 'Fireworks' (1947), made at the tender age of 15, 'Rabbit's Moon'…

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