Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
God's Lonely Man (1996)
- Dir. Francis Von Zerneck
Feat. Michael Wyle, Jamie Walters - The story of St. Francis of Assisi is loosely transposed to the underbelly of modern LA – a redemption–seeking nervous loner befriends a…
Adjuster, The (1991)- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Elias Koteas, Arsinee Khanjian, Maury Chaykin - Eliptical and seductive fifth feature from one of cinema's most original talents. Two 'adjusters' – an insurance assessor, and his wife, a film…
Heat and Sunlight (1988)- Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Rob Nilsson, Consuela Faust - This film documents the final, agonising hours of a love affair between a man and his exotic dancer girlfirend. An intriguing, erotic oddity with…
Crazy Love (Love Is a Dog from Hell) (1987)
- Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Josse De Pauw, Geert Hunaerts, Michael Pas… - Superlative tragicomedy based on the work of Charles Bukowski is told in three parts – pre–pubescence, acne plagued teenagehood and…
Track 29 (1987)- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. Gary Oldman, Theresa Russell, Christopher Lloyd… - Purporting to be her long–lost son, sleazoid Gary Oldman materialises out of Theresa Russell's alcoholic haze, as husband Christopher Lloyd…
Signal 7 (1983)- Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Bill Ackridge, Dan Leegant - Dedicated to John Cassavetes, this 12–hr slice of the night–world of various New York taxi–drivers, shot on videotape, is similarly…
Falls, The (1980)- Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray - One of dir. Greenaway's more trenchantly avant–garde works (think 'A Walk Though H' crossed with DROWNING BY NUMBERS), expanding his riddling…
Opening Night (1977)- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara - Intermittently fascinating, semi–improvised opus from Cassavetes (who also stars), about an aging actress (Gena Rowlands) who suffers a…
Other Side of Midnight, The (1977)- Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon… - Soapy Sidney Sheldon drama follows the exploits of a young French woman who vows revenge on a ne'er do well Canadian pilot for leaving her pregnant,…
Brute, The (1976)- Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Sarah Douglas, Julian Glover, Bruce Robinson - A strange combination of social realism and luridity turns this tale of a battered wife into a strange horror film indeed.
Mikey and Nicky (1976)- Dir. Elaine May
Feat. Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty… - Loosely improvised drama, with a wild–eyed John Cassavetes calling on old pal Peter Falk to help escape the Mob. Turns out he may not be such a…
Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Alan Bates, Janet Suzman - Rewarding black comedy stars Alan Bates and Janet Suzman as a couple with an autistic child whom they consider mercy–killing. Bizarre yet…
Wanda (1970)- Dir. Barbara Loden
Feat. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins - The sole writing/directing credit of Barbara Loden, whose command of verite storytelling is matched by her own astonishing performance as a feckless…
Intruder, The (I Hate Your Guts) (1961)- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. William Shatner, Leo Gordon - The only Corman film ever to lose money is not surprisingly perhaps his best. William Shatner excels as a small–time drifter who preaches the…
Shadows (1959)- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Lelia Goldoni - Cassavetes' influential debut explores inter–racial relationships with improvised dialogue, gitanes, ray–bans and Charlie Mingus…
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