Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5544 Films to Buy & Rent
Blind Detective (2013)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Yuanyuan Gao
- Dir. Johnnie To has a bob each way with this entertaining policier, effortlessly combining action, comedy and slapstick romance. Andy Lau plays the…
Blue Jasmine (2013)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin…
- Another jewel from 'late period' Woody Allen with Cate Blanchett also in fine form as a down–at–heel socialite who moves to San Francisco…
Bluestone 42 (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Oliver Chris, Kelly Adams, Matthew Lewis
- Excellent British dramedy combines realism with levity in its chronicle of a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan.
Series One: 9…
Brats, The (Les gamins) (2013)
- Dir. Anthony Marciano
Feat. Alain Chabat, Max Boublil, Sandrine Kiberlain…
- Something of a French take on the Judd Apatow school of middle–aged stupor, this finds a dissatisfied married man bromancing his daughter's…
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews…
- Andy Samberg plays a hotshot detective too cocksure for his captain's liking in this irreverent law and order sitcom, very much in the vein of…
C.O.G. (2013)
- Dir. Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Feat. Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Casey Wilson…
- Coming–of–age dramedy based on the story of the same name by David Sedaris.
A young man (Jonathan Groff) travels to Oregon to work on…
Cheap Thrills (2013)
- Dir. E.L. Katz
Feat. Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton…
- A devilishly effective black comedy about a pair of old friends who enter into an increasingly bloody game of one–upmanship with a wealthy…
Chinese Puzzle (2013)
- Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Feat. Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cecile De France…
- Cédric Klapisch's cosmopolitan trilogy wraps up with this breezy reunion of the characters first introduced in THE SPANISH APARTMENT, now…
Computer Chess (2013)
- Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher, Wiley Wiggins
- Mumblecore maestro Andrew Bujalski directs this left–of–field mockumentary, shot on low–fi video, about a surreal chess tournament…
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013)
- Dir. Sebastián Silva
Feat. Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann
- Michael Cera plays a twentysomething space cadet whose drug–influenced summer in Chile takes a turn when he meets an annoying…