Subgenre Sampler
Comedy > Independent: 263 Films to Buy & Rent
Festival in Cannes (2001)
- Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Anouk Aimee, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell…
- Not a documentary, but just as ‘real’ in the hands of veteran independent director Henry Jaglom, who fashions a delightfully candid…
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,…
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Will Ferrell…
- The profane, less–than–dynamic duo that appeared in all of dir. Kevin Smith’s previous films get their own feature – a road…
Nobody's Baby (2001)
- Dir. David Seltzer
Feat. Skeet Ulrich, Gary Oldman, Radha Mitchell…
- Indie comedy starring Skeet Ulrich and Gary Oldman as crime partners who rescue a baby from an auto wreck and wind up conflicted over what to do with…
This is Not a Love Story (2001)
- Dir. Keith Hill
Feat. Stephen Lovatt, Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
- Exploring the dynamics of a love–triangle between a soap–opera actor and two women, this local 'DV drama' from debuting dir. Hill catches…
Tortilla Soup (2001)
- Dir. Maria Ripoll
Feat. Hector Elizondo, Raquel Welch, Jacqueline Obradors
- Tangy comedy in which Mexican–American widower Elizondo has kept his family – three adult daughters – together and at home through…
Diamond Men (2000)
- Dir. Dan Cohen
Feat. Robert Forster, Donnie Wahlberg
- An impressive drama–thriller in which a veteran diamond salesman (Forster), being forced into retirement, gets to train his brash young…
Panic (2000)
- Dir. Henry Bromell
Feat. William H. Macy, Neve Campbell, Tracey Ullman…
- There is more than meets the eye in this curiously pitched black comedy concerning a well–dressed contract killer (Macy) who seeks refuge from…
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…