Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Iris (2001)
- Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Kate Winslet, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent - Moving biopic of British novelist Iris Murdoch and her journey from literary genius to the mental wilderness of Alzheimers, that unquestionably rests…
Life With Judy Garland: Me And My Shadows (2001)- Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
Feat. Judy Davis, Victor Garber, Hugh Laurie… - The amazing, slightly tragic life of Hollywood star Judy Garland is retold with Judy Davis (eventually) in the title role, in a compelling telemovie…
Pandaemonium (2001)- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. Samantha Morton, Linus Roache, John Hannah… - The intense friendship between romantic poets Wordsworth (John Hannah) and Coleridge (Linus Roache) is the subject of this 18th century psychedelic…
Pinero (2001)- Dir. Leon Ichaso
Feat. Benjamin Bratt, Rita Moreno, Giancarlo Esposito… - Biopic of the controversial Puerto Rican poet Miguel Pinero, whose play 'Short Eyes' and NYC junkie lifestyle propelled him to brief fame, before he…
Caveman's Valentine, The (2000)- Dir. Kasi Lemmons
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Ann Magnuson - Dir. Lemmons follows up EVE’s BAYOU with an ambitious portrayal of classical–composer–turned–paranoid–schizophrenic Samuel…
Dirty Pictures (2000)- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. James Woods, Craig T. Nelson - Based on the true–story of how the Chicago Arts Centre was prosecuted in 1990 for obscenity over an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's…
Farewell - Brecht's Last Summer, The (2000)- Dir. Jan Schutte
Feat. Josef Bierbichler, Monika Bliebtreu, Elfriede Irrall - Prior knowledge of the life of playwright Bertolt Brecht (played by Josef Bierbichler) will enhance this accomplished chamber–drama, set at an…
Pollock (2000)- Dir. Ed Harris
Feat. Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Amy Madigan… - The life of ‘Abstract Expressionist’ painter Jackson Pollock, is rendered with bold, heartfelt strokes by dir. Harris in his debut effort (also…
Wonder Boys (2000)- Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Michael Douglas, Robert Downey Jnr., Tobey Maguire… - A rumpled Michael Douglas plays an academic professor and successful author who's terminally unfinished second novel is symptomatic of midlife…
Nora (1999)- Dir. Pat Murphy
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch - Cliche–avoiding though at times awkward biopic of Nora Barnacle's marriage to writer James Joyce in the early 20th century. Based on the book…
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