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Linda Green (TV Series)Linda Green (TV Series) (2002)
Feat. Liza Tarbuck
Surprisingly endearing comic drama, follows the life of swinging single girl Linda (played by former TV presenter Liza Tarbuck) from work to home to…
Man Without a Past, TheMan Without a Past, The (2002) Recommended
Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen
Another understated, double–take comedy from Finnish dir. Kaurismaki, making perhaps his most cleverly balanced work yet. An itinerant…
Monsieur BatignoleMonsieur Batignole (2002) Recommended
Dir. Gerard Jugnot
Feat. Gerard Jugnot
An ironic comedy set in WW2 Paris, in which the titular butcher helps himself to an apartment vacated by a Jewish family who have been rounded up by…
Nicholas NicklebyNicholas Nickleby (2002)
Dir. Douglas McGrath
Feat. Stella Gonet, Christopher Plummer, Tom Courtenay
Able–handed version of Dicken's classic of Victorian–age injustice, that respects both the comic and tragic sides to the tale. After…
Once Upon a Time in the MidlandsOnce Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson
The bittersweet dramatics of dir. Meadows (ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS) get a fresh telling in this Nottingham drama, with the added spin of some ironic…
Ping PongPing Pong (2002) Recommended
Dir. Fumisiko Sori
Feat. YĆ“suke Kubozuka, Arata
A madcap, yet gently humourous Japanese sports tale, set around two table tennis hotshots (Kubozuka and Arata) preparing for a ferocious battle at a…
PumpkinPumpkin (2002)
Dir. Adam Larson Broder, Tony R Abrams
Feat. Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn
Politically–confused blackly comic satire that follows the progress of Christina Ricci's 'inappropriate' romantic fixation with a disabled…
Raising Victor VargasRaising Victor Vargas (2002) Recommended
Dir. Peter Sollett
Feat. Victor Rasuk, Judy Marte
A sensitive, appealing urban coming of age story set in a Hispanic New York subculture that rewardingly favours low–key incident over…
RespiroRespiro (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…
SecretarySecretary (2002) Aro Favourite
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…

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