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 Fountainhead (1949)
7.1/10
Director: King Vidor
Starring: Gary Cooper, Raymond Massey, Patricia Neal, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hu...
Ayn Rand's classic novel is vibrantly bought to life with a screenplay by the author. Brilliant, uncompromising architect Gary Cooper must fight to ma... 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
The House of Mirth (2000)
7.1/10
Director: Terence Davies
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Eri...
Adapted from the novel by Edith Wharton ('The Age of Innocence'), the glittering yet treacherous world of New York high society comes to brilliant lif... Read more
The Princess and the Warrior (2001)
7.5/10
Director: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Franka Potente, Benno Furmann, Joachim Krol
Tom Tykwer ("Run Lola Run") directs this stylish and surreal tale of a withdrawn psychiatric nurse (Franka Potente) whose life becomes inextricably en... Read more
The Town is Quiet (2000)
7.4/10
Director: Robert Guediguian
Starring: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gerard Meylan
A.k.a. "La Ville est Tranquille". "The Town is Quiet" exposes a complex mosaic of intersecting characters and subplots reminiscent of the critically a... 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
Tigerland (2000)
7/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr.
Director Joel Schumacher's acclaimed, gritty Vietnam War-era drama follows a group of Army recruits through boot camp and a gruelling series of drills... Read more
Time and Tide (2000)
6.9/10
Director: Tsui Hark
Starring: Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai, Anthony Wong, Candy Lo
This electrifying mix of action and comedy focuses on 21 year old Tyler (pop star Nicholas Tse), whose interest in going to South America is piqued wh... Read more
Titless Wonders (2001)
Director: Gaylene Preston
Starring: Aimee Gruar, Jan Bolwell, Kay Larking, Ruth Bly
An upfront documentary dealing with emotional journeys travelled after a breast cancer diagnosis. Filmmaker Gaylene Preston has seen women in her fami... 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