Movie Releases by Genre
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Seabiscuit
July 25, 2003
The tale of a down-and-out racehorse that took the entire nation on the ride of a lifetime. (Universal Pictures)
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Camp
July 25, 2003
Based on an actual summer camp for young actors, singers and dancers, Camp is the dramatic, hilarious and show-stopping story of a group of extraordinary kids growing up and discovering who they really are. (IFC Films)
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LucÃa, LucÃa
July 25, 2003
A wry comedy unfolds when Lucia's (Roth) husband mysteriously disappears leaving her to discover that her life is not what it seems. (Fox Searchlight)
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Masked and Anonymous
July 24, 2003
Set somewhere, sometime, in an America wracked by an endless and senseless civil war, this is the story of a benefit concert and a musician named Jack Fate (Dylan).
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The Sea Is Watching
July 18, 2003
Based on Akira Kurosawa's final unproduced script, this Edo-period drama takes place almost entirely inside an ocean-village brothel.
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The Room
July 18, 2003
Johnny is a successful banker with great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his future wife Lisa. Johnny can also be a little too trusting at times which haunts him later on. Lisa is a beautiful blonde fiancé of Johnny. She has always gotten her way and will manipulate to get what she wants. She is a taker, with a double personality, and her deadly schemes lead to her own downfall. Mark is a young, successful and independent best friend of Johnny. He has a good heart, but gets caught up in Lisa's dangerous web and gives into temptation. This eventually brings him to great loss. Claudette is the classy, sophisticated mother of Lisa who has had disappointing relationships in her life. She wants her daughter to be married as soon as possible so she can benefit. Denny is an orphan boy, naive and confused about life, love, and friendship. Denny is very ambitious and also very grateful to the people that are in his life. "The Room" depicts the depths of friendship and relationships in one's life and raises life's real and most asked question: "Can you ever really trust anyone?"
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Dirty Pretty Things
July 18, 2003
A thriller set in London's secret underworld, where everything is for sale. A young man (Ejiofor) and a Turkish chambermaid (Tautou) both work at the same West London hotel -- a breeding ground for illegal activity. They are put to the test when the man makes a shocking discovery late one night. (Miramax Films)
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The Anarchist Cookbook
July 18, 2003
The Anarchist Collective and their crash pad known as SAM housed an idealistic assortment of unruly characters looking to make a difference and find a happier way of life. And then came Johnny Black... (Freedonia Productions)
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September 11
July 18, 2003
A collective film. 11 directors from different countries and cultures. 11 visions of the tragic events which occurred in New York City on September 11, 2001. 11 points of view engaging their individual conscience. Complete freedom of expression. (Empire Pictures)
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This Thing of Ours
July 18, 2003
This crime story tells the story of a group of gangsters who steal hundreds of millions of dollars from the world's banks using a sophisticated Internet and satellite system, pulling off the biggest heist in the history of the American Mafia.
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The Embalmer
July 18, 2003
The story of a romantic triangle that develops when a middle-aged dwarf, who works as a zoo taxidermist, befriends a teenage boy only to have a younger woman enters the picture.
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How to Deal
July 18, 2003
The story of 17-year-old Halley Martin (Moore), who has been convinced by the outrageous relationships around her that the whole concept of true love is vastly overrated. (New Line Cinema)
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Garage Days
July 18, 2003
Acclaimed director Alex Proyas puts his visionary spin on the story of an Australian garage band that is willing to do just about anything to make it to the top -- or at least a stage. (Fox Searchlight)
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I Capture the Castle
July 11, 2003
A classic English story told in a fresh, vivacious style by the teenage heroine of the piece. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
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The Cuckoo
July 11, 2003
Set in the remote wastelands of northern Russia in September, 1944, this is the story of a romantic triangle that develops between a local Lapp woman and the two soldiers from opposite sides of World War II, a deserter sniper from the Finnish army and a Soviet Army captain, to whom she gives refuge.
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Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero
July 11, 2003
A exuberant sex farce that takes a frenzied peek into the lives of a group of 14 people whose lives all intersect one very hot summer day at km. 0 -- the very center of Madrid. (TLA Releasing)
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The Holy Land
July 11, 2003
A story of doomed, passionate love and coming of age in troubled times The Holy Land explores the underbelly of real life in Jerusalem after the sun goes down and the tourists and Orthodox families go to sleep. (CAVU Pictures)
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A Housekeeper
July 11, 2003
A bittersweet and sexy romantic comedy that shows how hope can come to the hopeless and love to the lonesome. (Palm Pictures)
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Northfork
July 11, 2003
In the next two days, the town of Northfork, Montana will cease to exist. The year is 1955 and Northfork is literally about to be "dammed," flooded to make way for a new hydroelectric project. Its citizens are heading for higher ground. With the exception of a few stoic resistors. (Paramount Classics)
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Madame Satã
July 9, 2003
Legendary criminal. Proud homosexual. Cabaret star. Passionate lover. Killer. Devoted father of seven adopted children. Saint or devil? Madame Satã. (Wellspring Media)
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Tattoo
July 4, 2003
This German thriller follows two detectives in pursuit of a killer prepared to skin victims for the priceless tattoos on their hides.
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Confusion of Genders
July 4, 2003
A romantic comedy about a bisexual attorney.
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La Commune (Paris, 1871)
July 3, 2003
This epic chronicle of the Paris Commune of 1871 is an attempt to challenge existing notions of documentary film, as well as the notions of 'neutrality' and 'objectivity' so beloved by the mass media today. [First Run / Icarus Films]
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Swimming Pool
July 2, 2003
Europe's most daring and inventive writer/director, François Ozon, reunites with his two favorite leading ladies, Charlotte Rampling (of "Under the Sand") and Ludivine Sagnier (of "8 Women") in this deliciously sophisticated and sexy mystery. (Focus Features)
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Friday Night
June 30, 2003
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a young Parisian woman.
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On_Line
June 27, 2003
On_Line captures a world in which culture intersects with technology and fuses into a new paradigm for personal relationships. (Jed Weintrob)
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Francis Ford Coppola Presents: The Legend of Suriyothai
June 20, 2003
A story of intrigue, romance and war ser in a dramatic period of Thailand's history, The Legend of Suriyothai is based on actual events in 16th century Thailand. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Pistol Opera
June 13, 2003
In this belated sequel to director Seijun Suzuki's 1967 film "Branded to Kill," a female assassin rises in the criminal underworld.
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Manito
June 13, 2003
Set, and vibrantly photographed, in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, Manito is the fictional story of two days in the life of two Latino brothers, Junior and Manny. Employing techniques of cinema verite, the film vibrantly captures a neighborhoodand the people who live there. (Film Movement)
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The Heart of Me
June 13, 2003
Upper crust England before, during and after WWII provides the backdrop for The Heart of Me, a richly emotional drama about the seductive -- and destructive -- nature of passion. (ThinkFilm)
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The Hard Word
June 13, 2003
Three prisoners are about to be released on bail -- Dale (Pearce), Mal (Richardson) and Shane (Edgerton). Meet the Twentyman brothers. Hard experience and an unspoken bond of family have made them masters of their craft -- armed robbery. It's a job and they do it because they're good at it. Their only rule is, no one gets hurt. (Lions Gate Films)
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Tycoon: A New Russian
June 13, 2003
A true story based on the life of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, Tycoon shows how one man can help throw a country's entire life in turmoil. (New Yorker Films)
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No Turning Back
June 13, 2003
The story of an illegal Honduran immigrant living in the U.S. and working on a tomato farm, who faces a crisis when he accidentally hits a girl with his employer's truck.
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Love the Hard Way
June 6, 2003
The story of the unlikely romance that develops between a con man, Jack (Brody), and a Columbia biology grad student, Claire (Ayanna).
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Whale Rider
June 6, 2003
A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill her destiny. (South Pacific Pictures)
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Garmento
June 6, 2003
Fashion is a glamorous industry of beautiful people, right? Garmento tells the other side of the story through a dark and comical look beneath the seams of NYC's rag business. (Spanish Moss)
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The Eye
June 6, 2003
A supernatural thriller, which has redefined fear for Western audiences by offering a glimpse into Eastern rituals and attitudes surrounding death. (Fortissimo Films)
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Controlled Chaos
June 4, 2003
A "Film A Clef" Comedy/Thriller based on Azita Zendel's Four Years as Oliver Stone's Assistant, about the harried Assistant to a famous Director forced to cover up her boss' frequent scandals. (Azita Zendel)
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Together
May 30, 2003
A coming-of-age tale woven together with the harmony and intensity of a complex musical orchestration. (MGM)
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The Three Marias
May 30, 2003
The interior of Brazil in the early 1970's: Firmino Santos Guerra, from a wealthy landed family, is abandoned by his fiancée, Filomena, who leaves him for his greatest enemy, Borges Capadocio. When Firmino extracts a bloody retribution decades later on Filomena's husband and sons, the widow turns to her three daughters as the instruments of her revenge. (Empire Pictures)
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Bruce Almighty
May 23, 2003
Bruce is a local news reporter who is discontented with nearly everything in his life, and rarely misses an opportunity to complain about it. Until one day God endows Bruce with all of his powers and challenges him to take on his job and see if he can do any better. (Universal Pictures)
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Grazia's Island
May 23, 2003
Set on a small island near Western Sicily, this is the story of a free-spirited young wife and mother whose sometimes erratic behavior leads her husband?s family to question her stability.
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Ichi the Killer
May 19, 2003
An ultraviolent revenge movie based on a Manga cartoon in which a sinister hypnotist manipulates the timid but unstable Ichi to dispatch various mobsters in horrifically violent fashion by invoking false memories of witnessing a rape.
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A Woman Is a Woman
May 16, 2003
[Originally released in France in 1961; first U.S. release in 2003.] Angela, an afternoon stripper in the sleazy Zodiac Club, yearns for motherhood "just because," but live-in boyfriend Jean-Claude Brialy "isn't ready yet," though hanger-on Jean-Paul Belmondo is more than happy to help out. (Film Forum)
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L'Auberge Espagnole
May 16, 2003
Through cosmopolitan adventures and comic tribulations, Xavier (Roman Duris) finds his own unexpected place in a mixed-up, multi-cultural modern world. [Fox Searchlight]
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The Sea
May 16, 2003
A family drama set in a remote fishing village in Iceland.
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Everybody Says I'm Fine!
May 16, 2003
Set in an upscale salon in one of the toniest neighborhoods in Bombay, this is the story of a hairdresser named Xen who read his clients' minds while he coiffs their hair.
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Sweet Sixteen
May 16, 2003
Liam's Mom, Jean is in prison...but is due to be released in time for his 16th birthday. This time Liam is determined that things will be different. He dreams of a family life he's never had, which means creating a safe haven beyond the reach of wasters like Jean's boyfriend Stan and his own mean-spirited grandfather. (Lions Gate Films)
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Attitude
May 14, 2003
Spoddy (Disend), a small-time car thief and master auto mechanic, hates cars and harbors contempt for most people, especially the losers of this world. Directed by Rob Nilsson, this film employs the aesthetic of Direct Action Cinema, which Nilsson developed to allow cast and crew maximum freedom to work as a jazz ensemble, improvising dialogue and action in situations articulated by the director.
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Man on the Train
May 9, 2003
The story of two men who might never have met but for an accident, who appear to have nothing in common, yet who change each other's view of life at the last possible moment. (Paramount Classics)
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The Shape of Things
May 9, 2003
Writer/director Neil LaBute once again explores and explodes modern relationships in this contemporary story of love, sex and art set in a college town. (Focus Features)
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The Trip
May 9, 2003
A portrait of a love story spanning two decades between a gay-rights activist and a conservative journalist during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Washington Heights
May 9, 2003
An aspiring comic book artist (Perez) of Dominican heritage is forced to take over his family's bodega in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan when his father is crippled by a gunshot from a robber.
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Blue Car
May 2, 2003
An evocative drama that tells the story of an 18 year-old girl, abandoned by her father and neglected by her overworked mother, who turns for solace and inspiration to her English teacher. (Miramax)
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The Dancer Upstairs
May 2, 2003
As a Latin American nation nears collapse under a highly organized terrorist movement, idealistic policeman Agustin Rejas (Bardem) faces the greatest challenge of his career: to catch the mysterious guerilla leader Ezequiel. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
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Owning Mahowny
May 2, 2003
Polite, mild-mannered Dan Mahowny (Hoffman) is an assistant bank manager with a head for numbers, a knack for making decisions, and a devastating appetite for gambling. Dan Mahowny is the unlikely hero who takes on two of the financial institutions everyone loves to hate, the bank and the casino, and, for a brief while, he wins. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Charlotte Sometimes
May 2, 2003
A reclusive auto mechanic hides his love for the beautiful young actress who rents an apartment in his inherited family home. (Visionbox Pictures)
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It Runs in the Family
April 25, 2003
A story about the loving, frustrating, reassuring, insane, and ultimately inescapable bonds of family. (MGM)
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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
April 25, 2003
A single man and a married woman from different religious communities fall in love despite the variance of their faith and belief.
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The Scoundrel's Wife
April 25, 2003
Based on true stories of the Cajun homefront during World War II, when German U-boats threatened the American coast.
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Manic
April 25, 2003
A drama about a violent teen who is committed to a juvenile mental institution where he is forced to confront the source of his rage. (IFC Films)
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Marooned in Iraq
April 25, 2003
Set on the Iran-Iraq border in the early 1990s, this film dramatizes the plight of the Kurdish people.
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People I Know
April 25, 2003
Smart, resourceful and uncommonly devoted seasoned publicist Eli Wurman (Pacino) has smoothly managed the public lives of the rich, the famous and the incredibly powerful throughout his long career. There has never been a crisis he couldn't handle...until now. (Miramax)
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House of Fools
April 25, 2003
Based on real events, this film tells the story of the patients in a Russian psychiatric asylum who become involved with the Chechen War after their doctors, nurses and attendants abandon them.
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City of Ghosts
April 25, 2003
War-torn Cambodia is the setting for this tortuous tale of mystery and intrigue.
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Jersey Guy
April 25, 2003
The life of a twenty-five-year-old Garden State native becomes topsy-turvy after he meets a New York model.
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Medea
April 18, 2003
Lars von Trier's 1987 pre-Dogma version of the classical tragedy by Euripides.
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Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master
April 18, 2003
Ancient Japan meets CGI in thismythological drama.
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Lilya 4-Ever
April 18, 2003
Set in contemporary Russia, this film recounts 13-year-old Lilya's struggle to survive the grim streets.
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Ali Zoua: Prince of the Streets
April 16, 2003
A memorable and moving portrait of the lives of street kids living in Casablanca's abandoned lots. (Anthology Film Archives)
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Better Luck Tomorrow
April 11, 2003
The story of a group of overachieving Asian-American high school honor students in a conservative Los Angeles suburb who lead a double life of mischief and petty crimes that alleviate the pressures of perfection. (Paramount)
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XX/XY
April 11, 2003
A unique coming of age story about friends on the threshold of adulthood and how they breech that uneasy time, still struggling to maintain their true sense of being. (IFC Films)
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Marion Bridge
April 11, 2003
This film speaks volumes about sibling and parental relationships with a beautifully realized tale of loss, healing and humor. [Film Movement]
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The Young Unknowns
April 11, 2003
The story of how fierce consumption of alcohol and drugs causes an aspiring filmmaker (Gummersall) to fight with his best friend (Bailey) over the course of a drunken day lounging about at the home of his famous TV commercial director father.
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion [re-release]
April 4, 2003
A detective (Gian Maria Volontè) kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime in this 1970 Italian drama.
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A Man Apart
April 4, 2003
Sean Vetter (Diesel), a tough DEA agent, sets out to avenge the brutal murder of his wife in a botched hit. (New Line Cinema)
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Levity
April 4, 2003
Manuel Jordan (Thornton) is a man caught between two worlds: the one which existed before he was incarcerated, and the one into which he's released 22 years later. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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The Man Without a Past
April 4, 2003
The second installation of Aki Kaurismäki's "Finland Trilogy," this touching and amusing film portrays a man who must start his life anew when he is brutally mugged and loses his memory. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Cet amour-lÃ
April 2, 2003
The true story of the passionate love affair between celebrated French author Marguerite Duras and Andrea, her much younger muse and apprentice. (New Yorker Films)
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The Good Thief
April 2, 2003
Inspired by the Jean-Pierre Melville classic "Bob Le Flambeur," Neil Jordan's clever, sexy caper features a complex plot full of copies and originals. (Fox Searchlight)
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Assassination Tango
March 28, 2003
From acclaimed actor, writer, and director Robert Duvall comes Assassination Tango, a complex thriller, fascinating character study, and provocative look at the intoxicating world of Argentine tango. (United Artists)
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Raising Victor Vargas
March 28, 2003
Victor Vargas (Rasuk), a 16-year-old Dominican boy growing up on New York's Lower East Side, finds his self-image as a burgeoning ladies man deflated when the neighborhood finds out that he's dating an unpopular and overweight girl.
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Basic
March 28, 2003
When a legendary commander (Jackson) and several of his men turn up missing, the last thing the government wants is a rogue DEA agent (Travolta) investigating the disappearance. As the investigation unfolds, the agent is placed in direct conflict with the Army's official investigating officer (Nielsen) and nothing is as it seems. (Sony)
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Unknown Pleasures
March 26, 2003
A harrowing account of disillusioned young people living in China. (New Yorker Films)
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One Swallow Brought Spring
March 21, 2003
This film powerfully evokes the spectacular Rhone Alps, the beauty, simplicity and hardships of farm life, taking chances and dealing with the necessary sacrifices, the ever-present conflict between city and rural, past and present, the cycles of nature and life. (Films Philos)
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Gaudi Afternoon
March 21, 2003
Award-winning director Susan Seidelman's latest film takes place in Barcelona where the flamboyant Gaudi architecture matches the twists and turns of this delightful comic adventure. (Quad Cinema)
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Dreamcatcher
March 21, 2003
Dreamcatcher, the film based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, tells of four young friends who perform a heroic act -- and are changed forever by the uncanny powers they gain in return. Years later the friends, now men, are on a hunting trip in the Maine woods when they are overtaken by a blizzard, a vicious storm in which something much more ominous moves… (Warner Bros.)
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Chuen jik sat sau
March 21, 2003
The story of a rivalry between two professional killers.
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Japan
March 19, 2003
Taking its title from the Japanese symbol of the rising sun, Reygadas unapologetically uses widescreen cinema, the most lush of formats, as a backdrop for exploring thorny issues of life and death. (Film Forum)
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Zhantai
March 14, 2003
Focusing on a Chinese theatrical troupe in 1979, this film follows a group of performing artists who change with the cultural and political changes in their country.
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Under the City's Skin
March 14, 2003
An Iranian woman takes dramatic measures to save her home and family.
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The Hunted
March 14, 2003
An FBI deep-woods tracker (Jones) captures a trained assassin (Del Toro) who has made a sport of hunting humans.
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Willard
March 14, 2003
Socially inept and saddled with a miserable job, Willard shares a powerful bond with the rats who dwell in his basement. When Willard's world is turned upside down by tragedy, those responsible must answer to his rapidly growing pack of ravenous, fearsome friends. (New Line Cinema)
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Spun
March 14, 2003
America's answer to "Trainspotting," this film follows a speed freak on a three day adventure.
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Bend It Like Beckham
March 12, 2003
A British film about a teenage girl named Jess (Nagra) living in London who must make a choice between following the traditions of her Indian family or pursuing her dream of becoming a soccer sensation. (Fox Searchlight)
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Tears of the Sun
March 7, 2003
Bruce Willis stars as Lt. A.K. Waters, the loyal veteran officer of a Navy S.E.A.L unit. When he's sent into the heart of Africa, the usually hard-bitten Waters finds himself deeply conflicted at having to choose between following orders and the dictates of his own conscience. (Sony)
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Journey to Western Xia Empire
March 7, 2003
This epic set in medieval China tells the story of a mother searching for her infant, who was kidnapped by warriors.
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The Safety of Objects
March 7, 2003
Over the course of four days, four suburban families will open up and lean on one another, sharing their burdens and joys, and help each other remember, it is the people we know and love - not the objects we own - that provide real hope and security to face whatever life throws at us. (IFC Films)
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Nowhere in Africa
March 7, 2003
A love story spanning two continents, Nowhere in Africa is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. (Zeitgeist Films)
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Short Eyes (re-release)
March 7, 2003
A re-release of 1977's brutal prison drama about the experiences of a child molester behind bars.
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