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Subgenre Sampler

 
Kill the MoonlightKill the Moonlight (1994)
Dir. Steve Hanft
Feat. Thomas Hendrix
Idiosyncratic 'slacker' feature from prolific music video dir. Hanft, observes the efforts of a deadbeat California cleaner (Hendrix) to make it as a…
Naked in New YorkNaked in New York (1994)
Dir. Dan Algrant
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio
Insecure playwright Eric Stoltz copes with the varying successes of his own career, girlfriend Mary–Louise Parker and college pal Ralph…
Pret-a-PorterPret-a-Porter (1994)
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Sophia Loren
Director Altman's take on the Paris fashion industry hasn't the edgy sarcasm or the incisiveness of his THE PLAYER and SHORT CUTS, but is…
Somebody to LoveSomebody to Love (1994)
Dir. Alexandre Rockwell
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Rosie Perez, Quentin Tarantino
Harvey Keitel and Rosie Perez match–up as a screwball couple frequenting scuzzy clubs in a murky continuum of unrequited dreams. Dir. Rockwell…
Spanking the MonkeySpanking the Monkey (1994) Aro Favourite
Dir. David O. Russell
Feat. Jeremy Davies, Elizabeth Newett, Benjamin Hendrickson
The awkwardness of youth is brilliantly captured in this provocative tragi–comedy, another maverick success story from the US indie scene. A…
CalendarCalendar (1993) Recommended
Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Atom Egoyan, Arsinee Khanjian
Dir. Atom Egoyan and his real–life wife Arsinee Khanjian play a romantic–professional couple whose photographic calendar assignment in…
ClerksClerks (1993) Recommended
Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes
Made for $27,000 in the convenience store where the director (then) worked, this follows a rude and bizarre day in the lives of two lowly grocery…
Dazed and ConfusedDazed and Confused (1993) Aro Favourite
Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Matthew McConaughey
Set on campus in 1976, this is a marvellous youth–movie/nostalgia–trip which treats the hopelessly insignificant as a source of constant…
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss MeHold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1993)
Dir. Joel Hershman
Feat. Adrienne Shelly, Sean Young, Diane Ladd
A strained attempt at achieving that 'John Waters' feeling, where everyone shouts at one another in a trashy/camp kinda way in trailer–park…
My Life's in TurnaroundMy Life's in Turnaround (1993)
Dir. Eric Shaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward
Feat. Eric Shaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward, John Sayles
Two NY deadbeats, playing themselves, decide to make a movie out of thin air, pitching non–ideas to baffled producers, greasing up minor stars…

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