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Shirt, TheShirt, The (2000) Recommended
Dir. John Laing
Feat. Brian Sargent, Kirsty King-Turner, Jeff Szusterman
Chiefly the creation of Wellingtonian writer/producer Ross Bevan, this hits hard as a raw study of three career–junkies ‘led’ by a…
ShowerShower (Xizhao) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Zhang Yang
Feat. Pu Cunxin, Zhu Xu
A popular success with international audiences, this Chinese comedy is centred around a modern–day bathhouse in Beijing without a…
Subway StoriesSubway Stories (2000)
Dir. Various
Feat. Denis Leary, Lili Taylor, Christine Lahti
Renewing the London TUBE TALES concept on the NYC subways, this tele–movie saw 10 true–life experiences (submitted by HBO viewers)…
TimecodeTimecode (2000)
Dir. Mike Figgis
Feat. Saffron Burrows, Salma Hayek, Holly Hunter
Dividing the screen into four quadrants, each carrying an unbroken 90 min shot, the dir. of LEAVING LAS VEGAS juxtaposes four stories set in the…
Two of UsTwo of Us (2000)
Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Jared Harris
TV–movie centred around the intriguing prospect of a mid–70s meeting in New York between John Lennon (Quinn) and Paul McCartney (Harris).…
Where the Money IsWhere the Money Is (2000)
Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney
A still–charismatic Paul Newman is an aged bank–robber esconsed in a nursing home after suffering a stroke, though his nurse Linda…
Agnes BrowneAgnes Browne (1999)
Dir. Anjelica Huston
Feat. Anjelica Huston, Ray Winstone
Anjelica Huston adapts Brendan O'Carroll best–selling novel through an American romantic prism of working class Irish culture. The director…
Barber of Siberia, TheBarber of Siberia, The (1999)
Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
Feat. Julia Ormond, Richard Harris, Oleg Menshikov
Oddly toned blend of historical epic and comedy set in late 19th century Russian, where an American inventor seeks to sell his timber harvesting…
Beautiful PeopleBeautiful People (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jasmin Dizdar
Feat. Rosalind Ayres, Julian Firth, Bobby Williams
Set in London 1993 when the Balkan Wars were in full flight, this lively, panoramic drama reaches its ambitions in witnessing turbulence of the…
Big Brass Ring, TheBig Brass Ring, The (1999)
Dir. George Hickenlooper
Feat. William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Irene Jacob
Curiosity–piece that updates a dusty Orson Welles script from 1980. William Hurt plays a US presidential candidate, whose murky past is being…

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