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Dirty PicturesDirty Pictures (2000)
Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. James Woods, Craig T. Nelson
Based on the true–story of how the Chicago Arts Centre was prosecuted in 1990 for obscenity over an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's…
Edge of Seventeen (2000)
Dir. David Morton
Feat. Thomas Arklie
With its drab mid–1980s Ohio setting, complete with pastel clothing, Boy George–inspired haircuts and Bronksi Beat music, this puts a…
Farewell - Brecht's Last Summer, TheFarewell - Brecht's Last Summer, The (2000) Recommended
Dir. Jan Schutte
Feat. Josef Bierbichler, Monika Bliebtreu, Elfriede Irrall
Prior knowledge of the life of playwright Bertolt Brecht (played by Josef Bierbichler) will enhance this accomplished chamber–drama, set at an…
Growing Up BradyGrowing Up Brady (2000) Recommended
Dir. Richard A. Colla
Tele–movie version of Barry 'Greg Brady' Williams' unembittered memoirs, who spent five years of his adolescence as the eldest brother of one…
Harlan County WarHarlan County War (2000) Recommended
Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgard, Ted Levine
Based on the famous (and deadly) Union–vs–Company showdown in a Kentucky coalmine in 1976, this TV docudrama is an Emmy–nominated…
HendrixHendrix (2000)
Dir. Leon Ichaso
Feat. Wood Harris, Billy Zane
TV–Movie biopic of the rock guitarist and 60s icon Jimi Hendrix (Wood Harris) that pushes all the predictable buttons: psychedelic drug…
Me You ThemMe You Them (Eu Tu Eles) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Andrucha Waddington
Feat. Regina Case, Lima Duarte, Stenio Garcia
Set in the arid hinterlands of Brazil, this serio–comic study of rural polyandry has Regina Case (Brazil’s Oprah Winfrey) hitch up three…
My Mother FrankMy Mother Frank (2000)
Dir. Mark Lamprell
Feat. Sinead Cusack, Sam Neill, Sacha Horler
Sober comedy with an 'it's never too late' theme, is nicely done despite some rather convenient plotting. Mother and widow Sinead Cusack decides…
Nicholas Nickleby (TV Series) (2000)
Dir. Stephen Whittaker
Feat. James D'Arcy, Charles Dance
An ITV version of Charles Dickens’ saga of family misfortune. Young Nicholas (James D’Arcy) must fight his malevolent uncle (Charles Dance) to…
OO (Othello) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Tim Blake Nelson
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles
Continuing recent trends, this ‘updating’ of Shakespeare’s ”Othello” transfers the dialogue and setting into the US schoolyard, where Josh…

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