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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)

It’s not often these days in movies when you can genuinely say, “Well, I’ve never seen THAT before!” The Fast Runner, the first major film shot entirely in the...

Linda
K19: The Widowmaker (2002)

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

K-19: The Widowmaker is based on actual events that took place in 1961, at the height of the Cold War: In an effort stay ahead in the nuclear arms...

Frankie
Anita Takes a Chance (Anita no perd el tren) (2001)

Anita Takes a Chance (Anita no perd el tren) (2001)

I think Rosa Maria Sardà has been in perhaps every Spanish movie ever made in recent years, probably most visibly in Pedro Almodovar’s All About My Mother, playing Penelope...

Linda
Teknolust

Teknolust (2002)

Where is our society headed technologically? How will that technology affect our lives? Is artificial life possible? What role will it play in our ongoing evolution? Is advancing technology...

Linda
About a Boy (2002)

About a Boy (2002)

One of the most enduring images of Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones’s Diary is when his character first emerges from an elevator, with a smirk on his face and...

Linda
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002)

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2002)

Well. What was I expecting, really? Before the screening began, a guy from Cinema Seattle came out and hollered, “Are you ready for Tamala?” and we were all like,...

Eric
Blessing Bell (Kôfuku no kane) (2002)

Blessing Bell (Kôfuku no kane) (2002)

Just when you think that only epic 3-hour films can make your ass go numb, along comes the relatively “short” film The Blessing Bell. How can an 87-minute film...

Linda
The Last Castle (2001)

The Last Castle (2001)

Tagline: No castle can have two kings. I’m thinking that there aren’t that many movies out there that are predictable from the onset that are as enjoyable as this...

Jennifer
Italian for Beginners (Italiensk for begyndere)

Italian for Beginners (Italiensk for begyndere) (2000)

Don’t be fooled by the movie poster for Italian for Beginners. With an image of the canals of Venice and a woman’s legs sexily kicked back in a gondola,...

Linda
American History X (1998)

American History X (1998)

The film introduces us to Derek Vinyard (the always excellent, and very buff Edward Norton) as he is let out of prison for a racially motivated murder of a...

Linda
In the Bedroom (2001)

In the Bedroom (2001)

There has already been much criticism of reviewers giving away too much of the plot beforehand, which spoils somewhat of the “surprise” of the film, so I’ll do my...

Linda
The Wild One (1953)

The Wild One (1953)

In The Wild One, Marlon Brando was the original “rebel without a cause” (as this film came out a year before James Dean’s film). Brando plays Johnny, the leader...

Linda