Shopgirl (2005 Anand Tucker)

Scr Steve Martin from his novella.

Claire Danes (who always slightly reminds me of a spaniel) doesn't quite get on with Jason Schwartzman and switches to rich older man Steve Martin, who plays fairly unsympathetically and (it's tempting to guess) more like his true self.

Horror film framing / lighting?

Shot in a serious, dark, rich pallette by Peter Suschitzky, who you'll more usually find shooting a David Cronenberg film, and quite statically staged. (One of the artists exhibiting in a gallery scene is Ilona Suschitzky, who we must assume is a relative.)

Underpinned by the wonderfully-named Barrington Pheloung's ambient (not quite the right word) music, the film feels like it needs a shot of adrenaline. Saks Fifth Avenue looks like a gloomy place, and the assistant shopgirl (played by Bridgette Wilson-Sampras) is a right Bitchy Cuntington.