Film Festivals 2001
A fantastic collection of films this year included Wong-kar Wai's 'In The Mood For Love', Christopher Nolan's head-bending 'Memento', kiwi Christine Jeff's sublime 'Rain' and Christopher Guest's gentle doggie satire 'Best in Show'. 'Songs from the Second Floor' was described as 'Short Cuts' meets 'Night of the Living Dead', 'Series 7: The Contenders' took reality TV to the next level and 'Amores Perros' was an astonishing feature debut for Mexican Alejandro Inarritu. And not forgetting Joel Schumacher's 'Tigerland', Australian thriller, 'The Bank' and the revelatory documentary 'One Day in September'.
A Ma Soeur! ( Fat Girl ) (2001)
6.5/10
Director: Catherine Breillat
Starring: Anais Reboux, Libero de Rienzo, Roxane Mesquida, Arsinee Khanjian
Aka "For My Sister", "Fat Girl". Disturbing, sexually graphic and violent French drama about an overweight 13-year-old Parisian girl who feels ostraci... Read more
A Time for Drunken Horses (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Starring: Ayoub Ahmadi, Rojin Younessi
Lyrical, emotional and bleak drama about several siblings of a poverty stricken Kurdish family desperately trying to find funding for the treatment of... Read more
The Princess and the Warrior (2001)
7.5/10
Director: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Franka Potente, Benno Furmann, Joachim Krol
Tom Tykwer ("Run Lola Run") directs this stylish and surreal tale of a withdrawn psychiatric nurse (Franka Potente) whose life becomes inextricably en... Read more
La Spagnola (2001)
6.2/10
Director: Steve Jacobs
Starring: Lola Marcell, Alice Ansara, Lourdes Ansara
Quirky and energetic, "La Spagnola" is a fresh, funny, observant look at a family's inability to communicate. Using language as the key, Anna-Maria Mo... Read more
The Bank (2001)
6.6/10
Director: Robert Connolly
Starring: David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd, Steve Rodgers
A gripping David and Goliath story about the battle of wits between a banker determined to manipulate the stock market and the mathematics genius whos... Read more
Startup.com (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim
Starring: Tom Herman, Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
This riveting 'rags to riches' documentary tells the story of two lifelong friends who, at the peak of the 90s internet frenzy, create their own websi... Read more
Brother (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Tatyana Ali, Claude Maki
Written and directed by 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, this violent crime drama also features the filmmaker as a Japanese gangster who must flee Tokyo after h... Read more
Snakeskin (2001)
5.6/10
Director: Gillian Ashurst
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Boyd Kestner, Dean O'Gorman, Oliver Driver
A mysterious American hitchhiker latches on to a couple for a ride and the trouble keeps coming in director Gillian Ashurst's feature debut. Complete... Read more
Rain (2001)
7/10
Director: Christine Jeffs
Starring: Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas, Alistair Browning
This impressive feature debut by director Christine Jeffs, adapted from Kirsty Gunn's novella, is set in an idyllic beachside community in the summer... Read more
Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures (2001)
8/10
Director: Jan Harlan
Starring: Narrated by, Tom Cruise
Stanley Kubrick's long-time producer, and brother-in-law, Jan Harlan has crafted this loving and definitive tribute (with the full cooperation of Kubr... Read more