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Subgenre Sampler

 
WhateverWhatever (1998) Recommended
Dir. Susan Skoog
Feat. Lisa Weil
Beset by apathy, uncertainty and her indulgent best friend, a teenage girl falls victim to her own adolescence while trying to complete her final…
All Over MeAll Over Me (1997)
Dir. Alex Sichel
Feat. Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser
A lesbian festival hit that has 'crossover' hit written all over it, as it persuasively pinpoints some of the universal, intense emotions of…
Bastard Out of CarolinaBastard Out of Carolina (1997)
Dir. Anjelica Huston
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Jena Malone, Jennifer Jason Leigh
In her directing debut, Anjelica Huston boldly renders the indelicacies of a grim coming–of–age story, but its success is thanks largely…
ClockwatchersClockwatchers (1997)
Dir. Jill Sprecher
Feat. Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow
Four office temps band together in an oppressive (and outdated?) corporate environment – too bad they're caricatures: Toni Collette is…
Hurricane StreetsHurricane Streets (1997)
Dir. Morgan J. Freeman
Feat. Brendon Sexton III, Antoine McLean
The excellent Brendan Sexton III (WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE) does a sympathetic about–turn for this unflashy take on teenage delinquency. It…
Lawn DogsLawn Dogs (1997) Recommended
Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton
The Australian director of THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE applies a lightly–stylised Antipodean touch to this American tale of a friendship between a…
Niagara NiagaraNiagara Niagara (1997)
Dir. Bob Gosse
Feat. Robin Tunney, Henry Thomas, Michael Parks
If you have the stamina to hit the road again with another pair of white–trash, gun–crazy young lovers (who meet while shoplifting), this…
Quiet Room, TheQuiet Room, The (1997)
Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Celine O'Leary, Paul Blackwell
Low budget, almost experimental film from the dir. of BAD BOY BUBBY, who organically developed the script around his real–life daughters.…
She's So LovelyShe's So Lovely (1997)
Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Robin Wright, Sean Penn, John Travolta
As a low–life couple whose romantic intensity borders on madness, married double–act Robin Wright and Sean Penn off–handedly…
SuburbiaSuburbia (1997)
Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Giovanni Ribisi, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn
Dir. Linklater returns to his favourite milieu – the teen angst movie – only this time working from someone else's material, a play by…

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