- Creature
Comforts Aardman does it again. A hilarious
array of characters inspired by the voices of the British
public.
- Fog
Of War A scary reminder of how little it
takes for 'rational' people to do completely irrational
things...
- Spellbound
A quirky suspenseful doco made by the
personalities and tenaciousness of the kids.
- Super
Size Me If it helps stop the evils of fast
food corporations, it's alright by me.
- Devil's
Playground A fascinating glimpse into the
lives of wayward Amish teenagers...
- Eternal
Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind The most coherent
work to come from the fertile imagination of Charlie Kaufman
yet.
- American
Splendor Richly textured indie with a nice reverence
for it's source material and a bizarre cast of characters.
- Dogville
An intense theatrical, almost claustrophobic
drama with a surprisingly strong performance by Nicole Kidman.
- Amandla!
The power of music to move a people. Great
soundtrack.
- Harvie
Krumpet Poor, sweet Harvie. The basic
claymation is well and truly made up for by the sensitivity and
humor of its characters.
Highly commended: Aileen: Life and Death Of A Serial Killer,
Monster, Outfoxed, Station Agent, Rage In Placid Lake, The Party's
Over, Life And Debt, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Peter Pan, Holes,
Andy Goldsworthy: River And Tides, Prisoner Of Paradise.
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- The Son Compelling,
sensory and emotional drama...flawless cinema.
- Ten
Inventive, tough ride through Iran and the hearts of a female
driver and her passengers.
- Stone Reader
Engaging literary detective work that comes up
trumps.
- The Isle Natural
little love story that fishes up a nasty bite.
- Russian Ark The
amazing one-shot-wonder, floats through the corridors of Russian
history.
- Happiness Of The
Katakuris Strange Asian genre blending, with
dashes of silliness.
- Dogville Imaginary,
depressed small town America gets its dues. Grim.
- Lilya 4-Ever
Bad-to-worse heartache, with glimmers of hope.
- Eternal Sunshine
Of The Spotless Mind Smart Hollywood,
mind-bending romcom.
- Raising Victor
Vargas Sweet, straight-forward coming-of-age
version of the bronx 'Don Juan'.
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- Aileen: Life And
Death Of A Serial Killer A doco that
leaves a red, white and blue brick in your throat.
- Dark
Water Water hasn't been this terrifying since
Jaws.
- Shaolin Soccer
A refreshing comedy totally different
to the now-boring Hollywood paradigm.
- Life And Debt
A sad doco revealing the truth of Jamaica's
tourism industry.
- Outfoxed
The leftist antidote to Michael Moore's skullduggery.
- Dogville
Gripping theatre right in your lounge!
- Spellbound Sloppy
editing is more than compensated for by subjects you can't help
but enjoy.
- Infernal Affairs
The first installment of the action packed,
intelligent cop flick trilogy.
- Happiness Of The
Katakuris Genre mixing in a bizarre but
wildly entertaining form.
- Eternal Sunshine
Of The Spotless Mind Both Kaufman and Carrey
are blissfully subdued by Michel Gondry in this witty romantic
comedy
Second 11: Lilya 4-Ever, The Grudge, Tokyo Godfathers,
Fahrenheit 9/11, Raising Victor Vargas, The Party's Over, Morvern
Callar, Devils Playground, Creature Comforts, Super Size Me, Fog Of
War.
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