Disabilities
Living with 'disability' is a reality for many of us, yet seldom are disabled members of society seen on the big screen. Breakthrough hits like 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', 'My Left Foot' and 'Children of a Lesser God' illustrate the rich depth of experience and valuable stories that should be and are being told. From the bizarre ('Freaks') to the inspiring ('Mask') from the sweet ('Mozart and the Whale') to the tough as nails ('Murderball').
Pumpkin (2002)
6.2/10
Director: Adam Larson Broder, Tony R Abrams
Starring: Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain, Marisa Coughlan,...
Silly, sweet, farcical and subversive, "Pumpkin" pushes the boundaries of teen melodrama to an absurd pitch, resulting in a film that is bracing, hila... Read more
Talk To Her (2002)
8/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Javier Camara, Dario Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Rosario Flores, Geraldine Chap...
In this ravishing tale of romantic obsession, loneliness and friendship, director Pedro Almodovar crafts a life affirming story of two tragic women an... Read more
A Beautiful Mind ( Blu-ray ) (2001)
8.2/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Judd Hirsch, Russell Crowe, P...
Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress, Ron Howard's compelling, real life drama centers on J... Read more
I Am Sam (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Jessie Nelson
Starring: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianne Wiest, Richard Schiff, Dakota Fanning, Doug...
Sean Penn is Sam, a mentally challenged man who cleans tables at an LA coffeehouse and whose life is radically changed when the homeless woman living... Read more
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
8.2/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress, Ron Howard's compelling, real life drama centers on J... Read more
Pauline and Paulette (2001)
7/10
Director: Lieven Debrauwer
Starring: Dora Van Der Groen, Ann Petersen, Rosemarie Bergmans, Idwig Stephane
Mentally-challenged Pauline is obsessed with pretty flowers and her glamourous sister Paulette. When Martha, her caretaker sister, dies suddenly, Paul... Read more
X-Men ( Blu-ray ) (2000)
7.4/10
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Anna Paquin, Bruce Davison, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKell...
Born into a world filled with prejudice are children who possess extraordinary and dangerous powers - the result of unique genetic mutations. Under th... Read more
George Washington (2000)
7.4/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Candace Evanofshi, Donald Holden, Curtis Cotton III, Damian Jewan Lee, Rachel Ha...
The impressive debut from filmmaker David Gordon Green ('Undertow') is a lyrical, highly-praised drama set in a small, rundown North Carolina town aro... Read more
Sound and Fury (2000)
8/10
Director: Josh Aronson
This Academy Award-nominated documentary follows the intimate and touching story of a family with both deaf and hearing members spanning three generat... Read more
Bangkok Dangerous (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Starring: Pavarit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee Ratanasopha
Kong, a professional killer, has been mute since childhood. He plies the city's bitterest streets, with silence his only response to the killings and... Read more