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'.
The Crimson Rivers (2000)
6.9/10
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Nadia Fares, Vincent Cassel, Jean Reno
Stylish and atmospheric murder thriller featuring Jean Reno as a legendary Parisian detective investigating the death of a librarian in a beautiful sm... Read more
State and Main (2000)
6.8/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H Macy, Davi...
When a big-budget film crew takes over a small town, they shoot first...and ask questions later. Director Walt Price (William H Macy) has his work cut... Read more
Together (2000)
7.5/10
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Starring: Emma Samuelsson, Gustaf Hammarsten, Michael Nyqvist, Lisa Lindgren
The year is 1975. Elisabeth tires of her husband, so she packs her bags, takes her children and goes off to her brother, Goran. Elisabeth is a fairly... Read more
Series 7: The Contenders (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Daniel Minahan
Starring: Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke, Michael Kaycheck, Richard Vent...
Trenchant satire of America's obsession with Reality TV shows follows a game show called "The Contenders," in which five contestants are filmed huntin... Read more
What's Cooking? (2000)
7.1/10
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard
A Jewish, Vietnamese, Latino and African-American family each assemble for their own version of the Thanksgiving holiday where conflicts quickly arise... 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
Sunshine (2000)
5.2/10
Director: Istvan Szabo
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Jennifer Ehle, Rosemary Harris, William Hurt
Three generations of a Jewish family in 20th century Hungary are traced in this sweeping drama from director Istvan Szabo ("Mephisto"). Ralph Fiennes... Read more
You Can Count on Me (2000)
7.7/10
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Starring: Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Jon Tenney, Rory Culkin
This alternately funny and melancholy acclaimed comedy-drama focuses on two orphaned siblings, a charismatic drifter (Mark Ruffalo) and an uptight sin... 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
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