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'.
Cool and Crazy (2001)
7/10
Director: Knut Erik Jensen
Much as "Buena Vista Social Club" revealed a rich and unexplored world of music and culture, "Cool & Crazy" introduces us to a group of men who find p... Read more
Ginger Snaps (2000)
6.8/10
Director: John Fawcett
Starring: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers
'Ginger Snaps' is an edgy, modern werewolf tale in which a teenage girl must choose between saving herself, and joining her sister in an otherwordly l... Read more
Harry, He Is Here To Help (2000)
Director: Dominik Moll
Starring: Sergi Lopez, Laurent Lucas, Mathilde Seigner, Sophie Guillemin
Aka "With a Friend Like Harry..." A nail-biting and blackly comic thriller that has been compared to the work of Alfred Hitchcock and the Coen Brother... Read more
In the Mood for Love (2000)
8.1/10
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung (Chiu Wai)
Hong Kong, 1962. Chow (Tony Leung) is a junior newspaper editor with an elusive wife. His new neighbour Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung) is a secretary whose h... Read more
Intimacy (2000)
6.2/10
Director: Patrice Chereau
Starring: Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Timothy Spall
Kerry Fox and Mark Rylance give noteworthy performances in this tale of one man's sexual obsession and emotional weaknesses. This controversial offeri... Read more
Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale (2000)
6.8/10
Director: David Shapiro
Starring: Tobias Schneebaum
In 1955, gay anthropologist/artist Tobias Schneebaum travelled to the Peruvian jungle, where he joined a local tribe and participated in cannibalism.... 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
Last Resort (2000)
7.3/10
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Paddy Considine, Artiom Strelnikov, Dina Korzun
A Russian woman and her son journey to England to meet her fiance. When he doesn't turn up, they become asylum-seekers in a tatty out-of-season Kentis... Read more
Me You Them (2000)
7.1/10
Director: Andrucha Waddington
Starring: Regina Case, Lima Duarte
Based on a true story that comically depicts the relationships between an ordinary woman and her three husbands who live in the same house in a poor,... Read more
Memento (2000)
8.5/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
The toast of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, this crafty, twisty offbeat thriller focuses on Leonard (Guy Pearce), a man struggling to put his life b... Read more