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Subgenre Sampler

 
Roxy HunterRoxy Hunter (2008)
Dir. Eleanor Lindo
Feat. Aria Wallace
Nancy Drew–ish family drama revealing another precocious kid sleuth and her best buddy as they use their investigative know–how to solve…
Wanted Wanted (2008)
Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman
A relentless rollercoaster ride on amphetamines, this breakneck graphic novel adaptation from the Russian director of NIGHT WATCH tracks the…
Exodus Exodus (Cheut ai kup gei) (2007)
Dir. Pang Ho-Cheung
Feat. Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Annie Liu
An indifferent Hong Kong detective slowly becomes convinced that women are conspiring to kill off the entire male species in this curious melange of…
YellaYella (2007) Recommended
Dir. Christian Petzold
Feat. Nina Hoss
Engrossing metaphysical thriller set in a predatory corporate world in which a divorcee accountant (Hoss) decides to leave behind her redundant life…
.45 .45 (2006)
Dir. Gary Lennon
Feat. Milla Jovovich, Angus Macfadyen, Stephen Dorff
Sultry crime drama centred on two petty–crime thugs addicted to danger and each other, until a violent attack spurs the woman (Jovovich) to…
Anna Pihl (TV Series)Anna Pihl (TV Series) (2006-2008)
Feat. Charlotte Munck, Iben Hjejle
Praised for its realism, this Danish police drama centres around a Copenhagen policewoman also having to deal with solo parenthood.
Black BookBlack Book (Zwartboek) (2006) Recommended
Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Carice Van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman
A Jewish singer goes deep undercover for the Dutch resistance in this splashy, larger–than–life WWII yarn set in Nazi–occupied…
Notes on a ScandalNotes on a Scandal (2006) Recommended
Dir. Richard Eyre
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy
Authorities Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench go head–to–head in this psychological gambit between a pottery teacher engaged in an illicit…
Ashes and SandAshes and Sand (2003)
Dir. Bob Blagden
Feat. Nick Moran, Lara Belmont
Promising but ultimately disappointing drama set among the members of a girl–gang in Brighton, England. Although based on an…
CherishCherish (2002)
Dir. Finn Taylor
Feat. Robin Tunney, Tim Blake Nelson, Jason Priestley
A self–consciously offbeat ‘indie’ about a retro–pop obsessed misfit (Robin Tunney in a winning, flaky performance) who finds…

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