Subgenre Sampler
Relative Evil (Ball in the House) (2002)
- Dir. Tanya Wexler
Feat. Jonathan Tucker, Jennifer Tilly, David Strathairn… - Deceptively marketed as a kind of "wicked stepmother" thriller, this is instead a well–constructed, paranoid black comedy about a teenage…
Respiro (Grazia's Island) (2002)- Dir. Emanuele Crialese
Feat. Valeria Golino - Highly charged and mostly insightful depiction of a free–spirited woman whose near–psychotic episodes have a profound effect on her small…
Roger Dodger (2002)
- Dir. Dylan Kidd
Feat. Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg, Jennifer Beals… - Dodging expectations all–round, this devastating black comedy has a standout script and performances, especially Campbell Scott as the callous…
Rookie, The (2002)- Dir. John Lee Hancock
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez… - Disney sports drama based on the true story of Jim Morris, who had a brief but famous Major League Baseball career in 1999–2000.
Rosa Parks Story, The (2002)- Dir. Julie Dash
Feat. Angela Bassett, Cicely Tyson, Peter Francis James - A drama based on the life of Mrs. Rosa L. Parks from director Julie Dash (DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST). In America in 1955, her courageous act of…
Russian Ark (2002)- Dir. Alexandr Sokurov
- Distinguised by its dazzling cinematic conceit – 300 years of Russian history staged in the Hermitage Museum (with 2000 extras) and captured in…
Satin Rouge (2002)- Dir. Raja Amari
Feat. Hiam Abbass, Hend El Fahem - A still–attractive but lonely widow is liberated through the world of belly–dancing in this infectious romantic drama from Tunisia. At…
Sea is Watching, The (Umi wa miteita) (2002)- Dir. Kei Kumai
- Set in the red–light district of 19th century, Edo–period Tokyo, this sensitively mounted drama concerns the lives of prostitutes…
Secretary (2002)- Dir. Steven Shainberg
Feat. James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies… - A spanking good black comedy detailing the bizarre relationship between a peculiar, ill–tempered lawyer and the meek secretary he…
Sex is Comedy (2002)- Dir. Catherine Breillat
Feat. Anne Parillaud, Gregoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida - A self–reflexive twist in the cinema of Catherine Breillat (ROMANCE), here recreating the filming of a lengthy and troublesome sex–scene…
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