Subgenre Sampler
Musical: 527 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Broadway: The Golden Age (2003)
- Dir. Rick McKay
Feat. Bob Fosse, Carol Channing, Carol Burnett…
- Comprehensive documentary about America's most celebrated indigenous art form, Broadway theatre, covering an entire century of New York theatre, and…
Camp (2003)
- Dir. Todd Graff
Feat. Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Don Dixon
- A heart–on–its–sleeve musical set an American summer camp for 'artistic' teenagers, in which individual fears and hopes find group…
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…
Masked 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…
Mighty Wind, A (2003)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean…
- Writer–director Christopher Guest and his repertory of actors return for another cheerful send–up of an American subculture – this time…
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…