Film Dictionary

April 4, 2002

Liberté et patrie (2002) ****

An almost ecstatic recounting by Jean-Luc Godard of the making of a painting by the apocryphal artist Aimé Pache. The deeply moving lyricism of this short may astonish even those spectators who arrive to it casually, without any prior knowledge of the filmmakers’s oeuvre.

Come Into My World (2002) ****

A Kylie Minogue music video directed by Michel Gondry.

Von der Hingabe (2002) ****

Without Me (2002) ****

A hilarious spoof of the superhero movies and an excellent Eminem music video.

Star Guitar (2002) ***

A Chemical Brothers music video by Michel Gondry.

Johnny Flynton (2002) ***

Marie And Jack – A Hardcore Love Story (2002) ***

Do You Realize (2002) ***

A Flaming Lips music video directed by Mark Pellington.

Roxanna (2002) ***

The Sculptor (2002) ***

Déformation personnelle (2002) ***

Amusing short from Quebec.

J'attenderais le suivant (2002) ***

French short about a cruel joke.

Fait d'hiver (2002) ***

A man calls his daughter and tragedy ensues.

The City Without Windows (2002) ***

Hit And Run (2002) **

The title says it all.

Undercover (2002) **

A spectator in a movie theater goes crazy when, on screen, he sees his girlfriend naked in bed with another man. A rather unique mix of cinema and performing arts.

An Erotic Tale (2002) **

Niko pens his Berlin tales on the counter of a funky bar behind the shark tank. What better place for a writer to pick up a girl? Along comes Sonja, who wants to know how the horny tale he’s now working on will end. So she invites Niko to finish his erotic tale over a drink at her apartment. There’s only one catch: Martin, her ex-husband, still hasn’t moved out of the place. Directed by Dito Tsintsadze.

Reptil (2002) *

A man changes into a reptile.

Mike's New Car (2002) ***

Amusing cartoon starring the heroes of "Monsters Inc".

Katedra (2002) ***

A visually stunning sci-fi animated short film from Poland. Nominated for an Academy Award.

The ChubbChubbs! (2002) ***

An amusing, Oscar-winning cartoon set on an alien planet.

Elbow Room: Distances (2002) **

Workplace conflicts are the theme of this unimpressive Canadian cartoon directed by Diane Obomsawin.

Das Rad (2002) *

A German animated film that uses a mixture of stop motion, puppetry, and CGI animation. The film shows the history of a mountain from the distant past through the present and into the future, sometimes moving through time at high speed. Nominated for an Oscar.

Atama-yama (2002) *

Japanese cartoon about a miser with a plant growing on his bald head.

March 3, 2002

24: Season 2 (2002) ***

Six Feet Under: Season 2 (2002) ***

The Sopranos: Season 4 (2002) ***

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The Fashionistas (2002) ***

Un gars une fille: La Mort de la belle-mère (2002) ***

March 2, 2002

The Wire: Season 1 (2002) ****

February 2, 2002

Femme fatale (2002) **

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) **

A comedy about a wedding.

Austin Powers In Goldmember (2002) **

A parody of James Bond films.

Britney, Baby, One More Time (2002) **

A film about a Britney Spears impersonator.

25th Hour (2002) **

Spike Lee's drama about a drug dealer (Edward Norton) spending his last day and night as a free man before serving a long prison sentence.

The Banger Sisters (2002) **

Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon play two former groupies that used to sleep with musicians.

Return To Never Land (2002) **

A sequel to "Peter Pan", with Wendy's daughter kidnapped by Captain Hook.

January 1, 2002

Punch-Drunk Love (2002) *

Weird film starring Adam Sandler and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Men in Black II (2002) *

A very lame sequel.

Die Another Day (2002) *

Disappointing James Bond film.

Amen (2002) *

Historical drama about Vatican's silence about the Holocaust during World War II. Politically straightforward, but narratively confusing.

Spider-Man (2002) *

Hollywood cinema at its worst.

The Quiet American (2002) *

Set in Vietnam in the late 1950's, it's a confusing film that tries to say something about American imperialism, but it's not entirely clear what exactly. Like "The Tailor Of Panama", it's a political thesis trying to squeeze inside a fictional film and failing miserably.