Subgenre Sampler
In Shifting Sands (2001)- Dir. Scott Ritter
Feat. Scott Ritter - A pertinent, compelling though rather schizophrenic film–diary directed by the former Chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq. Exploring the…
No Man's Land (2001)
- Dir. Danis Tanovic
Feat. Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Katrin Cartlidge… - Snaring the 2002 Best Foreign Film Oscar, this black comedy set in the wartime trenches of mid–1990s Bosnia plays like a satirical diagram of…
Pearl Harbour (2001)- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett… - Overblown, but technically impressive rendition of the 1941 Japanese surprise–attack on Pearl Harbour in which a sizable proportion of the US…
Sword of Honour (2001)- Dir. Bill Anderson
Feat. Daniel Craig, Megan Dodds, Katrin Cartlidge - Ambitious attempt to depict the entire "Sword of Honour" trilogy of novels by Evelyn Waugh in one large television film. A Catholic man joins the…
Taking Sides (2001)- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgard, Moritz Bleibtreu - The ambiguities of Germany during the Nazi era are interrogated with skill in this taut examination of the case of famed classical conductor Dr…
Tigerland (2001)- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Colin Farrell, Clifton Collins Jr., Matthew Davis… - The dir. of recent Hollywood gloss forsakes stars for a gritty, admired character piece set in a Vietnam War–bootcamp in Louisiana, 1971.…
To End All Wars (2001)- Dir. David L Cunningham
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ciaran McMenamin - Underrated drama based around the infamous building of the bridge over the River Kwai by allied POWs during WW2, 'encouraged' by their Japanese…
Uprising (2001)- Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer… - An above–par telemovie that depicts the clearing of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII by the Nazis. Treading similiar territory to SCHINDLER'S…
War Photographer (2001)- Dir. Christian Frei
- A clear–minded documentary on acclaimed war–photographer James Nachtwey, who began his career in 1980s on the battlefields of the Third…
Zookeeper, The (2001)- Dir. Ralph Ziman
Feat. Sam Neill, Gina McKee, Ulrich Thomsen… - A quiet, little–seen drama set in a wartorn Communist country in Eastern Europe, with a zookeeper (Neill) struggling to care for the animals…
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