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Luzhin Defence, TheLuzhin Defence, The (2000)
Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. John Turturro, Emily Watson
Combining the intricacies of the chessboard with manoeuvres of the heart, this Nabakov adaptation opens its game at a chess tournament in 1920s…
Mad Dogs and EnglishmenMad Dogs and Englishmen (How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog) (2000)
Dir. Michael Kalesniko
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Robin Wright, Jared Harris
Kenneth Branagh brings a rumpled, harassed charm to his role as a playwright whose career is interrupted by 'writer's block', a condition exacerbated…
Madame BovaryMadame Bovary (2000)
Dir. Tim Fywell
Feat. Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville, Frances O’Connor
Typically lavish BBC costumer, here tackling Gustave Flaubert's classic French tragi–romance with gusto and explicit sex. Frances O'Connor…
MagnoliaMagnolia (2000)
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jason Robards Jr., William H. Macy
A sprawling, stylistically–impressive but moribund domestic melodrama about Californian amorality and redemption (of sorts), with interleaved…
MalenaMalena (2000)
Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Feat. Monica Bellucci
The dir. of CINEMA PARADISO throws an amber–lit glow around a man’s memory of a boyhood infatuation in his hometown in WWII Sicily.…
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…
Men of HonourMen of Honour (2000)
Dir. George Tillman Jr.
Feat. Cuba Jr. Gooding, Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron
As a US Navy serviceman in WW2, Cuba Gooding Jnr. overcomes institutionalised racism, then prejudice in another form later in life when he suffers a…
Merchant of Venice, TheMerchant of Venice, The (2000)
Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Henry Goodman
A wonderful TV version (taken from an acclaimed production) of Shakespeare's 'problem play', recreating the classic tale of debt, honour and love in…
Monarch of the Glen (TV Series)Monarch of the Glen (TV Series) (2000)
Dir. Edward Bennett, A.J. Quinn
Feat. Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, Alastair Mackenzie
A whimsical drama set on the Scottish Highland estate of Glenbogle, with Richard Briers and Susan Hampshire.
Monsignor Renard (TV Mini-series)Monsignor Renard (TV Mini-series) (2000)
Dir. Malcolm Mowbray
Feat. John Thaw, Cheryl Campbell, Dominic Monaghan
ITV drama starring John Thaw as a humble parish priest who returns home to his French village to join the resistance during WWII after a twenty year…

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