Subgenre Sampler
      Female-centric: 795 Films to Buy & Rent
	  		 
	        
Lovely and Amazing (2001)
 
- Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Jake Gyllenhaal… 
- Rewarding indie drama – seasoned with touches of painful comedy – that observes the troubles between three sisters waiting for their…
 
Me Without You (2001) 
- Dir. Sandra Goldbacher
Feat. Anna Friel, Kyle MacLachlan, Oliver Milburn… 
- Growing up on the outskirts of 1970s London, Anna Friel and Michelle Williams make a friendship–pact that helps them through the sex, drugs and…
 
Princess Blade (Shurayuki-Hime) (2001) 
- Dir. Shinsuke Sato
 
- Post–apocalyptic Japanese samurai action adapted from a graphic novel, employs a stark visual style to convey its tale of a disturbed young…
 
Read My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001)
 
- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos 
- Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
 
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) 
- Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, James Woods 
- Based on the bestselling Me–generation memoir of Beverly D’Onofrio, this follows Drew Barrymore’s efforts to fulfill her dreams…
 
Searching for Debra Winger (2001)
 
- Dir. Rosanna Arquette
 
- Hollywood actress Roseanna Arquette analyzes the pressures and rewards of her profession in this loosely–formed patchwork of interviews with…
 
Snakeskin (2001)
 
- Dir. Gillian Ashurst
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Dean O'Gorman, Boyd Kestner… 
- Searching for a little excitement in those hills due west of Christchurch, NZ, Melanie Lynsky and Dean O’Gorman are sucked into a series of private…
 
Titless Wonders (2001) 
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
 
- “An upfront exploration of the emotional discoveries of women with breast cancer”, this bravely and valuably documents a subject most people…
 
Wild Iris (2001) 
- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Laura Linney, Fred Ward… 
- Superior tele drama that cultivates a convincingly dysfunctional relationship between mother Gena Rowlands and daughter Laura Linney, returning home…
 
Beautiful Creatures (2000) 
- Dir. Bill Eagles
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Susan Lynch 
- An ultra–violent Scottish twist on THELMA AND LOUISE, with Rachel Weisz and Susan Lynch leaving Glasgow in a shower of blood, and heading out…