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'.
Best in Show (2000)
7.5/10
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Michael McKean,...
'Best in Show' follows five teams of pedigree-pup owners and their canine companions in competitions for the blue ribbon at the prestigious US nationa... 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
The Turandot Project (2001)
7.2/10
Director: Alan Miller
Documentarian Alan Miller takes a fascinating look at the mounting of a monumental, extremely costly production of the Puccini opera "Turandot" in col... Read more
The Goddess of 1967 (2001)
7.1/10
Director: Clara Law
Starring: Rikiya Kurokawa, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hope, Elise McCredie
Yoshiyashi (Rikiya Kurokawa) is an expert computer hacker and snake enthusiast who travels to Australia from his home in Tokyo to buy the car of his d... 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
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
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
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
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
Viva Las Vegas (1963)
6.4/10
Director: George Sidney
Starring: Cesare Danova, Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret , William Demarest
In one of his biggest and best films, Elvis Presley is "just a devil with love to spare" as a race car driver looking to enter the Las Vegas Grand Pri... Read more