Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Rent (2005)- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Anthony Rapp - An ambitious and mostly comfortable adaptation of the 1990s Broadway update of Puccini's LA BOHEME, in which a multi–racial mixture of New York…
U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha (2005)
- Dir. Mark Dornford-May
Feat. Pauline Malefane - An inspired contemporary rendition of George Bizet's classic opera, with events relocated to the rich cultural hotbed of modern day South Africa.…
Walk the Line (2005)- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick - Better–than–expected biopic of iconic American country singer Johnny Cash (Phoenix), especially focusing on his intense relationship with…
De-Lovely (Delovely) (2004)- Dir. Irwin Winkler
Feat. Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce - Refined and dandy musical biopic of legendary tunesmith Cole Porter, who composed some great music while leading a gay double–life during his…
Phantom of the Opera, The (2004)- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Gerard Butler, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson… - An opulently kitschy version of the amazingly successful Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, in which the shadowy, disfigured 'phantom' (Butler) tries to…
Wayward Cloud, The (2004)- Dir. Ming-liang Tsai
Feat. Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen - Eye–popping musical numbers burst forth from this outré Tsai Ming–liang offering, which couples the Taiwanese director’s usual…
Kal Ho Naa Ho (Tomorrow May Never Come) (2003)- Dir. Nikhil Advani
Feat. Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta - Sporting a string of hit songs and featuring a troika of India's most popular stars, this giddy swirl of romantic comedy, musical, family melodrama…
Saddest Music in the World, The (2003)- Dir. Guy Maddin
Feat. Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros… - Another stunning tableaux from dir. Maddin's ongoing series of fantasies inspired by the musty, spectral qualities of early cinema, this time setting…
Singing Detective, The (2003)- Dir. Keith Gordon
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Robin Wright, Jeremy Northam… - A not unthoughtful remake of Dennis Potter's iconic 1980s TV Series, in which a psoriasis–afflicted crime writer hallucinates mystery plots and…
Chicago (2002)
- Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere… - A screen adaptation of Bob Fosse’s 1970s smash hit stage musical that measures up to the legendary director–choreographer’s exacting…
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