Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Independent: 127 Films to Rent on VHS
- 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- Four office temps band together in an oppressive (and outdated?)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…