Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5547 Films to Buy & Rent
Sidewalks of New York (2001)
- Dir. Edward Burns
Feat. Edward Burns, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina…
- Ed Burns of THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN hits the byways of his usual home turf – cynical flirtation, adultery, longing to meet the right lover…
Simpsons, The - Season 13 (TV Series) (2001-2002)
- By the 21st century; the Simpsons had obtained such status that they could no longer pretend to be a band of outsiders. A–list celebrities and…
Slackers (2001)
- Dir. Dewey Nicks
Feat. Jason Schwartzman
- Slack rendition of the ‘moronic’ college comedy genre, with a few chuckles to be had from its central trio of amoral student…
Son of the Bride (El Hijo de la novia) (2001)
- Dir. Juan José Campanella
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Hector Alterio, Norma Aleandro
- Wittily contrived drama, where various family problems revolve around a successful restauranteur Darín, himself undergoing a mid–life crisis…
Storytelling (2001)
- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. John Goodman, Selma Blair, Franke Potente…
- Continuing to plumb the depths of controversy, the dir. of HAPPINESS tells more stories of the depressed and cruel inhabitants of American suburbia,…
Tanguy (2001)
- Dir. Etienne Chatiliez
Feat. Sabine Azema, Andre Dussollier, Laurent Chouchan
- A crowd–pleasing French comedy set around the efforts of a middle–aged couple to surreptitiously get their 28–year–old son to…
Teachers (TV Series) (2001-2004)
- Feat. Andrew Lincoln, Nina Sosanya, Adrian Bower…
- British TV comedy following the lives of a group of secondary school teachers in and out of the classroom. Series One centres around Andrew Lincoln…
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…
Tick, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Brian Edlund
Feat. Patrick Warburton
- A live–action recreation of Ben Edlund's comic–strip, that garnered a small, but loyal following during its one and only season. Follows…
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…