Movie Releases by Genre
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Dummy
September 12, 2003
Steven Schoichet (Brody) is browbeaten at every turn, by his family, his dead-end job, the faceless suburb where he still lives at home. That is until he decides to make a change. Ventriloquism. Hey, a dream's a dream. (Artisan Entertainment)
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
September 12, 2003
The saga of the mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi (Banderas), continues in Robert Rodriguez's bold, non-stop action epic.
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Matchstick Men
September 12, 2003
A phobia-plagued grifter (Cage) discovers he has a teenage daughter (Lohman) who wants to get to know him?and his business.
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Luster
September 12, 2003
Set in a world of wacky artists, cute alternative guys and a rock star with twisted sexual habits, Luster is a wildly entertaining, gritty and charming look at a queer boy's adventures in lust, sex -- and maybe even love. (TLA Releasing)
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So Close
September 12, 2003
The fast and furious action tale of two stunningly beautiful sisters who happen to be assassins -- and the brilliant female cop on a mission to catch them. (Strand Releasing)
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Party Monster
September 5, 2003
Based on the book "Disco Bloodbath" and the 1998 documentary "Party Monster," this film focuses on the relationship between two Midwestern kids who move to New York to re-invent themselves in the late 1980's.
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Carnage
September 5, 2003
In a wildly original, intertwining story that almost defies classification, Carnage traces the bizarre, often magical effects a 1,000-pound Andalusian bull has on a disparate group of characters. (Wellspring)
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Home Room
September 5, 2003
An uncompromising look at lives in crisis and the redemptive power of friendship. Focusing on the universal themes of grief and healing, the film presents an intimate portrait of those who must pick up the pieces of a shattered world after a teenager kills eight other high school students and himself in a school shooting. (DEJ Productions)
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Grisbi (re-release)
September 5, 2003
The granddaddy of the modern Gallic gangster movie, Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (translation: "Don't touch the loot!") immediately created a market for offspring like Dassin's "Rififi" and Melville's "Bob Le Flambeur." Adapted from the seminal 1952 "Série Noire" novel by Albert Simonin, Grisbi took the gangster saga to new heights of realism by portraying the criminal class as a larcenous subbourgeoisie and introducing authentic underworld slang to screen dialogue. (Film Forum)
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Taking Sides
September 5, 2003
A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwängler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era.
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The Other Side of the Bed
August 29, 2003
A raucous and sexy romantic comedy with a musical twist. The film tells the story of two couples whose search for love leads to lies and heartache -- and lots of song and dance. (Sundance Film Series)
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (re-release)
August 29, 2003
In this 1974 film, four armed men hijack a New York City subway train and demand 1 million dollars -- which must be delivered in 1 hour -- for the train and the lives of the passengers held.
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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
August 29, 2003
Patterned after a spaghetti western, this is the story of a small time crook (Carlyle) who returns to his hometown in the English Midlands to try to win back the heart of his ex-lover, who is being pursued by another man.
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Civil Brand
August 29, 2003
Forced to work under slave-like conditions in a "prison for profit" program, the inmates of a mostly African-American female prison try to take over the institution.
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Suddenly
August 27, 2003
In Diego Lerman's slyly comic drama Suddenly, a pair of knowing punkette malcontents (who call themselves Mao and Lenin) kidnap (sort of) Marcia, a frumpy lovelorn lingerie salesgirl. Mao announces her intention to seduce Marcia as the trio strikes out on a journey that is poignant, funny and unpredictable from beginning to end. (Empire Pictures)
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Dog Days
August 22, 2003
Writer-director Ulrich Seidel's satirical slant on Viennese suburbia.
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The Battle of Shaker Heights
August 22, 2003
The winner of the second Project Greenlight screenwriting contest, this is a uniquely funny portrait of modern youth under siege. (Miramax Films)
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Babà léto
August 22, 2003
A spirited ode to people of all ages. This Czech film is a celebration of living life to the fullest. (First Look Pictures)
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Dust
August 22, 2003
Set in contemporary New York City and the Macedonia of a century ago (which at the time was part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire), the film jumps back and forth across space and time to tell two ultimately intertwined stories: one about an old woman and a burglar in New York, the other about the two American frontier brothers-turned-enemies caught up in battles between Macedonian Slav revolutionaries, Turkish soldiers and ethnic Albanian and Greek gangs.
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Rana's Wedding
August 22, 2003
Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad's timely feature explores love among the ruins of an occupied territory and is the winner of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival's 2003 Nestor Almendros Prize for courage in filmmaking. (Arab Film Distribution)
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Green Card Fever
August 22, 2003
The story of a young immigrant from India (Dasu) who overstays his US visa. As he is forced to make decisions about whom to trust, he naively relies on his new found friends in his land of dreams, and a comical and poignant sequence of adventures ensue. (Net Effect Media)
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Thirteen
August 20, 2003
This film focuses on a thirteen-year-old girl growing up with conflicting pressures in Los Angeles.
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Uptown Girls
August 15, 2003
Molly Gunn (Murphy), the freewheeling daughter of a late rock legend, is the toast of the New York social scene. But when her accountant steals her inheritance, Molly is forced to do something she's never done before -- get a job. She lands a position as nanny to the precocious, uptight daughter of a high-powered music executive. Now Molly and her 8-year-old "going on 40" charge are about to teach each other how to act their age. (MGM)
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Passionada
August 15, 2003
Set in the Portugese community of New Bedford, Massachusetts, this is a story of hope and of second chances.
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Open Range
August 15, 2003
Academy-Award winning director Kevin Costner ("Dances with Wolves") helms this traditional Western tale of a way of life that is quickly disappearing. (Touchstone Pictures)
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American Splendor
August 15, 2003
The true saga of a working-class Everyman who pursues self-expression without self-censorship -- and finds a grateful audience, critical admiration, and that most remarkable of happy endings, a loving family. (Fine Line Features)
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Le divorce
August 8, 2003
In this modern-day comedy of manners, American sisters Isabel (Hudson) and Roxy (Watts) come face to face with the complicated social mores of French society. Cultures clash and scandals ensue as the sisters learn what it really takes to be an American in Paris. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
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Seaside
August 6, 2003
A microcosm of French society, including Bulle Ogier as a woman with a gambling problem, stuck in a once fashionable coastal resort town in Northern France.
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Zero Day
August 3, 2003
A chilling look inside the minds of two high school boys, Zero Day brings us into the world of best friends Andre and Cal, alienated teens determined to carry out a violent attack on their high school. (Film Forum)
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The Magdalene Sisters
August 1, 2003
An unflinching and compelling emotional drama, charting several years in the young lives of four "fallen woman" who were rejected by their families and abandoned to the mercy of the Catholic Church in 1960's Ireland. (Miramax Films)
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
August 1, 2003
A thief on the run from a life of crime. A nightclub singer hoping to escape from the blues of heartache. Two lost souls who have become fugitives from the past -- but now, fate is about to bring them together in the unfolding present. (Paramount Classics)
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The Secret Lives of Dentists
August 1, 2003
With a blend of humor and realism, director Alan Rudolph prods at the complexities, paradoxes and tender beauties of marriage. (Manhattan Pictures International)
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Boys Life 4: Four Play
August 1, 2003
The latest installment in this series of gay short films. (Stand Releasing)
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Buffalo Soldiers
July 25, 2003
A darkly comic story of one soldier's misadventures in the military. (Miramax)
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Mondays in the Sun
July 25, 2003
This story of a group of men searching to maintain their personal dignity is based on the true story of ninety shipyard workers laid off in the gritty north of Spain when the local dockyard closes.
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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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