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Subgenre Sampler

 
Mister LonelyMister Lonely (2008)
Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Samantha Morton, Diego Luna, Werner Herzog
Surreal drama from the king of skewed cinema Harmony Korine (GUMMO) following two parallel plots about identity: a couple of celeb impersonators…
Scanner Darkly, AScanner Darkly, A (2006) Recommended
Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jnr., Woody Harrelson
Richard Linklater’s latest ‘rotoscope’ animation adapts Philip K. Dick's sci–fi novel into a dystopian proxy for the near future, where…
9 Songs9 Songs (Nine Songs) (2004)
Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Margo Stilley, Kieran O'Brien
A controversially explicit sex'n'rock'n' roll drama about two stray souls – an American student and a British bloke – who over a year…
KeaneKeane (2004) Recommended
Dir. Lodge Kerrigan
Feat. Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan
A powerful and unnerving feat of ‘mental’ endurance, dir. Kerrigan’s follow–up to the equally unsettling CLEAN, SHAVEN plunges the viewer into…
American SplendorAmerican Splendor (2003)
Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis
An ambitious celebration of the life of cult US comic–writer Harvey Pekar, told in a quilt–work of monologue, biopic, autobiography and…
Brown Bunny, TheBrown Bunny, The (2003)
Dir. Vincent Gallo
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Chloe Sevigny
Notoriously egocentric gem from Vincent Gallo, who stars, directs, writes, shoots, edits and produces an intriguingly desultry road–trip across…
Cowards Bend the KneeCowards Bend the Knee (2003)
Dir. Guy Maddin
A true original of contemporary cinema, dir. Guy Maddin here imparts the strange tale of a hockey player beset by monstrous desires, hinging in…
HaggardHaggard (2003)
Dir. Bam Margera
Feat. Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo
Spinoff feature from the creators of JACKASS mostly dispenses with the stuntwork and prankery, substituting plot and comic routines. Dunn is…
Masked and AnonymousMasked and Anonymous (2003)
Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan
In a near–apocalyptic future America, a popular singer (Bob Dylan) sets out on a nationwide tour to revive his career before heading into a…
Zero DayZero Day (2003) Recommended
Dir. Ben Coccio
Feat. Andre Keuck, Calvin Robertson
A confronting, fictionalized insight into the nihilistic mind–set of two alienated students who plotted and carried out a violent massacre at…

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