Subgenre Sampler
Romance: 1505 Films to Buy & Rent
School for Seduction (2003)
- Dir. Sue Heel
Feat. Kelly Brook, Emily Woof, Dervla Kirwan…
- An Italian temptress (Brook) arrives at a school in darkest Newcastle to try and teach a group of working women about the art of romance.
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Something's Gotta Give (2003)
- Dir. Nancy Meyers
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves…
- Smoothly fashioned comic drama in which aging music–industry womaniser Nicholson suffers a heart attack and falls for grey–haired…
Story of Marie and Julien, The (Histoire de Marie et Julien) (2003)
- Dir. Jacques Rivette
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Jerzy Radziwilowicz
- Meandering and hypnotic tale of the supernatural from French master Jacques Rivette, which begins in the apparently nondescript world of a Parisian…
Toy Love (2003)
- Dir. Harry Sinclair
Feat. Dean O'Gorman, Kate Elliot
- Under–rated "bedroom comedy" from writer–director Harry Sinclair about the unruly love games played by a circle of flaky, impetuous…
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
- Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan
- Likeable tale of Mediterranean healing, with Diane Lane exuding considerable charm in her role as a divorcee who rebuilds her life by restoring a…
Watching You (2003)
- Feat. Diane Flacks, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Cara Pifko…
- A collection of award–winning international lesbian short films, which will be a treat for the target audience. There's a huge variety of…
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2003)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson
- 'Dogme' film by way of Scotland, that surveys the doings of four childlike adults, achieving a curious dual tone of whimsical drama and gallows…
William and Mary (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Martin Clunes, Julie Graham
- The ups and downs of an undertaker (Clunes) and midwife (Graham) in love forms the basis of this rocky, unconventional relationship comedy, where…
Zhou Yu's Train (2003)
- Dir. Sun Zhou
Feat. Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Gong Li, Honglei Sun
- Gong Li shimmers as a gorgeous ceramic artisan in rural China, who is torn between two men – a reclusive poet (Leung) and an affable vetenarian…
And Now Ladies and Gentlemen (2002)
- Dir. Claude Lelouch
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte…
- A smooth exercise in self–satire from dir. Lelouch, with Jeremy Irons playing a shifty jewel–thief who hooks up with lounge–singer…