Film Festivals 2002
A great diversity of titles this year included David Lynch's 'Mulholland Drive' the fascinating 'Donnie Darko', unusual and very funny bio-pic '24 Hour Party People' and the haunting 'Kandahar'. Isabelle Huppert was rivetting as 'The Piano Teacher' alongside sharp-tongued 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' and Richard Linklater's rotoscope feature 'Waking Life'. Wes Anderson produced 'The Royal Tenenbaums', 'Life and Debt' investigated the effects of globalisation on Jamaica's economy, while back home, Rogernomics came under the lens in 'In a Land of Plenty'
The Killing/Killer's Kiss (Blu-ray) (1956)
8.2/10
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards
An early Stanley Kubrick classic about an elaborate race track robbery filmed with total artistic freedom using a multilayered simultaneous storyline.... Read more
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
6.9/10
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, David Morse, Mika Boorem
Two Stephen King stories serve as the basis for this coming-of-age tale set in 1960 that focuses on fatherless 11-year-old Anton Yelchin who is befrie... Read more
Down From The Mountain (2000)
7.4/10
Director: Chris Hegedus, D A Pennebaker, Nick Doob
Starring: Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Thomas King, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley,...
Joel and Ethan Coen present one of the most extraordinary concerts in the history of traditional American music; 'Down From the Mountain' goes onstage... Read more
Coffee, Tea or Me? (2002)
5.9/10
Director: Brita McVeigh
"The changing image of New Zealand's air hostesses over the years provides wry commentary on substantial social change. Seven women talk candidly to f... Read more
Liam (2001)
7/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Anne Reid
This touching, heartfelt offering from Stephen Frears ("Dangerous Liasons", "High Fidelity") captures a child's eye view of the depths of the depressi... Read more
Metropolis (Blu-Ray) (2001)
7.3/10
Director: Rintaro
In this anime feature based on Osamu Tezuka's reinvention of Fritz Lang's sci-fi classic, Tima, an artificial lifeform designed to control the high-te... Read more
The Gleaners and I (2000)
7.1/10
Director: Agnes Varda
A self-described 'wandering-road documentary', director Agnes Varda focuses her acclaimed non-fiction film on 'the gleaners', those who scour already-... Read more
Dark Blue World (2001)
7.3/10
Director: Jan Sverak
Starring: Ondrej Vetchy, Krystof Hadek, Tara Fitzgerald
Enthralling WWII drama from "Kolya" director Jan Sverak details the adventures of pilot pals Ondrej Vetchy and young Krystof Hadek, who are forced to... Read more
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
7.5/10
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Federico Luppi, Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes
From Guillermo Del Toro comes this haunting ghost story set in a Spanish orphanage that houses children of left-wing families during the final days of... Read more
Taking Sides (2001)
7.2/10
Director: Istvan Szabo
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgard, Moritz Bleibtreu
Filmmaker Istvan Szabo follows up his acclaimed "Sunshine" with this mediation on Wilhelm Furtwangler. As the conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orc... Read more