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- Amélie
- Amores Perros
- the three interconnected stories, each revolving around Mexico City,
dogs, and their owners, was an impressive, powerful directorial debut
- Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner
- a slow-moving, but incredibly affecting mythical tale which captures the
frozen vistas and warm tribal bonds of the Inuit life
- Brotherhood of the Wolf
- mixing multiple genres from horror, to period costume piece to Hong
Kong-style action, it provided a vastly entertaining flick with a
distinctively European flavor
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
- an eye-popping display of computer animated wizardry with some classic
anime ideas
- Ghost World - an
intimate, biting look at real teenage angst with two wonderful teen
actresses
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- a lively take on the rock 'n roll musical, mixing parts Spinal Tap, parts
Rocky Horror Picture Show with some effective existential messages
- In the Bedroom
- Kandahar - beautiful
imagery, and a timely subject on women's lives under the Afghan Taliban,
makes for a social allegory with a certain poetic quality
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- a fabulous, ambitious adaptation that captures the essence of Tolkien's
work and is a thrilling, action-filled fantasy epic to boot
- Memento - this tale of
murder, revenge and memory was easily the most intricate, complex, original,
and satisfying movie of the year
- Millenium Actress
- a mesmerizing narrative converging realities of a journalist interviewing
a famous Japanese actress and her long film career
- Moulin Rouge - a
psychedelic, colorful, all dancing, all singing spectacular that brought the
musical to the 21st century
- Monsters, Inc. - a
delightfully amusing, imaginative computer-animated family adventure
- Son of the Bride
- a sentimental, warm-hearted, and downright humorous look on relationships
and life's important things
- Spy Kids - light-hearted.
sprightly and imaginative family entertainment with a bevy of gadgets that have to be
seen to be believed
- Waking Life - drawing
over live actors and creating an animated dreamscape, this is experimental film-making at its best: original, creative, interesting, and
thought-provoking
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