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Prey For Rock n RollPrey For Rock n Roll (2003)
Dir. Alex Steyermark
Feat. Gina Gershon, Drea De Matteo, Lori Petty
Gina Gershon puts her all into a role playing an aging rock–singer who must decide whether to continue pursuing the dream after her 40th…
Real Women Have CurvesReal Women Have Curves (2003) Recommended
Dir. Patricia Cardoso
Feat. America Ferrera
A natural antidote to Hollywood silicone, this tells the charming coming–of–age story of an ‘ordinary’ Mexican–American…
Singing Behind Screens Singing Behind Screens (Cantando dietro i paraventi) (2003)
Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Bud Spencer, Davide Dragonetti
Visually opulent Italian epic directed by Ermanno Olmi (THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS) set in coastal China and centred on a plucky widow who takes her…
ThirteenThirteen (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Feat. Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed
Startling depiction of a young teenager who spins out of control as she falls in with the wrong crowd and beyond the reach of her struggling…
Whale RiderWhale Rider (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton
A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
A Tale of a Naughty GirlA Tale of a Naughty Girl (Mondo Meyer Upakhyan) (2002) Recommended
Dir. Buddhadev Dasgupta
Feat. Samata Das, Rituparna Sengupta, Arpan Basar
Caught between the push of tradition and the pull of the promise of a new life, a bright prostitute's daughter runs away to Calcutta to escape a…
Between StrangersBetween Strangers (2002)
Dir. Edoardo Ponti
Feat. Sophia Loren, Pete Postlethwaite, Mira Sorvino
The lives of three quite different women move into thematic proximity in this lightweight, but worthy drama. As played by Loren, Sorvino and…
Blue CarBlue Car (2002) Recommended
Dir. Karen Moncrieff
Feat. Agnes Bruckner, David Strathairn
A rites–of–passage drama of distinction, this is realistic and affecting in its account of a high–school student whose flair for…
FaceFace (2002)
Dir. Bertha Bay-Sa Pan
Feat. Ling Bai, Will Yun Lee, Kirsty Wu
Chinese–American drama that deals commendably with familiar themes of relationships, marriage and cultural identity. Alternating its…
FridaFrida (2002) Recommended
Dir. Julie Taymor
Feat. Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Ashley Judd
Long awaited biopic of the celebrated 20th–century Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, whose troubled marriage to Diego Riviera and crippling injuries…

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