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October 18, 2002
This absorbing glimpse into the colorful life, and mysterious death, of actor Bob Crane is also a fascinating chronicle of American male sexual identity in the 60's and 70's. [Sony Pictures Classics]
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Real Women Have Curves
October 18, 2002
The story of Ana (Ferrera), a first generation Mexican-American teenager torn between her mainstream ambitions and her cultural heritage. (HBO Films)
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Abandon
October 18, 2002
A psychological thriller about a college student (Holmes) haunted by visions of her first love, who disappeared two years earlier.
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Le bossu
October 18, 2002
A swashbuckling tale of revenge and adventure set in early 18th century France.
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Goyangileul butaghae
October 18, 2002
Five young women living in the Korean port city of Inchon, best friends in high school, find their lives drifting apart as they follow their own paths into adulthood.
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The Business of Fancydancing
October 18, 2002
A poetic story of growth, death and the choices that define us, The Business of Fancydancing reunites Spokane Reservation best friends Aristotle Joseph (Tagaban) and Seymour Polatkin (Adams) sixteen years after their high school graduation. (FallsApart Productions)
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The Grey Zone
October 18, 2002
Based on actual events, this is the story of the Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando -- one of the thirteen consecutive 'Special Squads' of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of helping to exterminate fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life. (Lions Gate Films)
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Punch-Drunk Love
October 11, 2002
Paul Thomas Anderson's fourth film features Sandler as a lonely man with serious emotional issues. As he concocts a scheme involving frequent flier miles and copious amounts of pudding, he finds himself both falling prey to a phone-sex scam and falling in love with his sister's colleague.
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Safe Conduct
October 11, 2002
A film based on Jean Devaivre's book chronicling his own experiences as a French filmmaker living during the time of Germany's WWII occupation of France.
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The Rules of Attraction
October 11, 2002
Set at an affluent New England liberal arts college, this film takes a satiric look at an emerging sexual triangle.
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Tuck Everlasting
October 11, 2002
Based on the magical, award-winning book by Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting captures the dreamlike story that has enchanted readers for two generations. (Disney)
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White Oleander
October 11, 2002
Based on the acclaimed best-selling novel by Janet Fitch, White Oleander follows a young woman's journey through hardship and loss to maturity, joy and true independence. (Warner Bros.)
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Ash Wednesday
October 11, 2002
Set in the early 1980's, this is the story of a man (Burns) who must save his younger brother (Wood) from Irish and Italian gangsters.
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Knockaround Guys
October 11, 2002
The four sons of well-known Brooklyn-based mobsters must team up to retrieve a bag of cash in a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
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Brown Sugar
October 11, 2002
Dre (Diggs) and Sidney (Lathan) can attribute their friendship and the launch of their careers to a single childhood moment - the day they discovered hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic and he is a successful, though unfulfilled music executive. As they lay down the tracks toward their futures, hip-hop isn't the only thing that keeps them coming back to that moment on the corner. (Fox Searchlight)
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Bloody Sunday
October 4, 2002
This controversial and critically acclaimed film depicts the events of January 30, 1972, when 27 civilians were shot by the British army during a peaceful civil rights march. The event fueled a 25-year cycle of violence between Britain and elements of Ireland, North and South. (Paramount Classics)
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Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
October 4, 2002
An animated retelling of the story of Jonah and the whale, featuring talking Christian vegetables.
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Heaven
October 4, 2002
A luminous and haunting love story, layered, in the tradition of Kieslowski, over a probing exploration of the modern world and its moral choices. (Miramax)
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Wasabi
September 27, 2002
A French police inspector (Reno) with a tender heart and a tough manner pursues the killer of an old flame in Tokyo.
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The Man from Elysian Fields
September 27, 2002
When a struggling writer (Garcia) is recruited by the head of an elite male escort service (Jagger), he finds himself involved with the wife (Williams) of one of the world's most successful writers (Coburn).
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Moonlight Mile
September 27, 2002
An emotional tale of disarming honesty and unexpected humor...a story about waking up to life, letting go, and discovering that love comes in the most unexpected circumstances. (Touchstone Pictures)
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Siddhartha (re-release)
September 27, 2002
A re-release of the 1972 adaptation of Herman Hesse's novel about a young Brahmin seeking a more meaningful way of life.
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Skins
September 27, 2002
In the shadow of Mt. Rushmore, one of America's favorite tourist attractions lies one of her poorest counties, The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. For Police officer Rudy Yellow Lodge, the painful legacy of Indian existence is brought home every night as he locks up drunk and disorderly Indians, which frequently includes his own alcoholic brother, Mogie. (First Look Features)
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Captain Pantoja and the Special Services
September 27, 2002
An army captain is commissioned to establish a prostitution service to placate the needs of soldiers posted in the Amazon.
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Crazy as Hell
September 27, 2002
The story of Ty Adams (Beach), a maverick psychiatrist whose non-medicinal approach for treating patients has crowned him a hero in some circles, and an egoist in others. (Artistic License Films)
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The Four Feathers
September 20, 2002
A gripping adventure of epic proportions, this is a story of heroic redemption, undying loyalty and rivalry in love. A sweeping saga that captures a friend's bond and a hero's destiny, The Four Feathers is a look at man's indomitable spirit to survive. (Miramax)
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The Banger Sisters
September 20, 2002
The reunion of two best friends is the collision of two women's worlds: one who is living in the past and one who is hiding from it. Together they learn the value of living in the moment. (Fox)
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Ciao America
September 20, 2002
A young American in Italy becomes the coach of a small-town football team.
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The Ignorant Fairies
September 20, 2002
When a ten-year marriage ends with the death of the husband in a car crash, the distraught wife discovers her husband had a male lover. Against all odds, they become friends.
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Snipes
September 20, 2002
An action-thriller set in the mean streets of Philadelphia, this is a journey through the dark side of the rap music industry and an underworld of hustlers, thieves, and killers who'll do whatever it takes to stay on top of the game. (Ruff Nation Films)
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Lawrence of Arabia (re-release)
September 20, 2002
The 40th anniversary re-release of David Lean's 1962 masterpiece, starring Peter O'Toole in one of the most electrifying debuts in film history.
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Invincible
September 20, 2002
The true story of a simple man who is transported from his humble village roots to the giddy excesses of the 1930s Berlin and finds himself becoming the new Samson to protect the Jewish people. (Fine Line Features)
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Secretary
September 20, 2002
A powerful and unique love story that toys with our expectations of love, sexuality and intimacy. (Lions Gate)
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Trapped
September 20, 2002
When Will and Karen Jennings (Townsend and Theron) are held hostage and their daughter is abducted, a relentless 24-hour plan is set in motion that will challenge everything they took for granted. (Sony)
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Joshua
September 20, 2002
Based on a novel by Joseph F. Girzone, this is the story of a stranger named Joshua (Goldwyn) who arrives in a small town, gets a job working as a carpenter, and proceeds to perform acts that appear to be miracles, leading many of the locals to suspect that he may be the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
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The Experiment
September 18, 2002
Inspired by the Stanford Prison Experiment, this psychological drama focuses on twenty paid recruits who are divided into groups "prisoners" and "guards" and are let loose in a controlled prison-like environment.
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Stealing Harvard
September 13, 2002
A man (Lee) turns to a life of crime to pay for his niece's first year at Harvard College.
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Ted Bundy
September 13, 2002
A film told from the point of view of the notorious serial killer of the 1970's.
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The Children of the Century
September 13, 2002
A drama based on the true story of the love affair between French authors George Sand (Binoche) and Alfred de Musset (Magimel) in the 1830's.
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Igby Goes Down
September 13, 2002
Igby Slocumb (Culkin), a rebellious and sarcastic seventeen-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of "old money" privilege he was born in to. (MGM/UA)
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Barbershop
September 13, 2002
A comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. [MGM]
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The Dogwalker
September 13, 2002
A volatile mix of surprising comedy and everyday tragedy, this is a supremely twisted stroll down the sunburnt sidewalks of L.A. (Outrider Pictures)
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Quitting
September 13, 2002
Explores one man's journey, from the cutting edge of China's artistic movement in the early 90's, through a period of conflict with himself and his parents, to a mental institution and finally to the quest to rediscover himself and his family. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Alias Betty
September 13, 2002
As novelist Betty Fisher (Kiberlain) starts becoming darkly depressed after the death of her young son, her plotting mother arranges to have another little boy kidnapped to take his place.
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City by the Sea
September 6, 2002
The gripping story of a dedicated police officer who discovers that the chief suspect in his current murder investigation is his own son. (Warner Bros.)
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In Praise of Love
September 6, 2002
A meditation on love told cinematically as a film-within-a-film. [Manhattan Pictures]
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Swimfan
September 6, 2002
A psychological thriller about a teenager obsessed with a high school swimmer.
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The Big Carnival
September 4, 2002
Billy Wilder's 1951 portrait of a corrupt media circus in which a down-on-his-luck NYC reporter (Douglas) takes a job with a small-town paper that provides him with no challenges until he exploits the story of a man trapped in a mine. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)
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Mad Love
August 30, 2002
Based on the true story of Juana de Castilla, daughter of Queen Isabella of Spain. When her mother and older brothers die in 1504, Juana becomes Queen, but her cheating husband sees the opportunity to become king himself, and has her declared "insane" and banished to a monastery.
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Agnivarsha: The Fire and the Rain
August 30, 2002
Adapted from the play of the same name by India's foremost playwright, Girish Karnad, this film is derived from the age-old myth of Yavakri.
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*Corpus Callosum
August 28, 2002
Michael Snow's postmodern vision of life at home and work.
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Little Secrets
August 23, 2002
Emily (Wood) is a spunky pre-teen who is entrusted with her young neighbors' most private and cherished secrets.
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The Isle
August 23, 2002
Set on a remote lake in South Korea, this is the story of a damaged cop and a mute innkeeper.
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Red Satin
August 23, 2002
A widowed Tunisian seamstress takes an unlikely journey of self-discovery in writer-director Raja Amari's sumptuous and sensual film. (Zeitgeist Films)
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Undisputed
August 23, 2002
The story of an undefeated world champion prize fighter (Rhames) who is convicted of rape and sent to prison, where he must confront and ultimately fight the reigning prison boxing champion (Snipes). (Miramax)
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How I Killed My Father
August 23, 2002
Deals with the complex and fascinating relationship between 40 year-old Jean-Luc (Berling), a successful gerontologist living in a wealthy Parisian suburb, and his long estranged father (Bouquet).
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S1m0ne
August 23, 2002
When his lead actress walks off the set, a disillusioned film producer (Pacino) creates a digital star who becomes an overnight sensation.
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Mother India
August 23, 2002
Mehboob Khan's 1957 grand drama of epic passions and colorful pageantry stars the great Nargis as Radha, one of the cinema's greatest heroines, who resists modernizations, temptations, natural disasters and threats of all varieties in order to raise her children on her own and hold on to her husband's land. (Film Society of Lincoln Center)
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One Hour Photo
August 21, 2002
A young suburban family finds themselves the objects of obsession of an employee (Williams) at their local one-hour photo lab.
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Possession
August 16, 2002
Set in the present day, this is the story of two poetry scholars (Eckhart, Paltrow) who discover that the subjects of their studies were secret lovers. As they research the mysterious relationship, they develop a romance of their own.
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Mostly Martha
August 16, 2002
Martha (Gedeck) is a head chef for an upscale restaurant who relies on her culinary skill as her primary means of communication. When her sister dies in a car accident, her orderly world falls apart as she has to care for her eight-year-old niece, a girl who proves as resolute and single-minded as her aunt. (Paramount Classics)
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Blue Crush
August 16, 2002
Life for Anne Marie (Bosworth) has been one long Pipe dream. She's about to make that dream a reality in the Pipe Masters surf competition -- that is if she can keep from drowning in her own fear. (Universal Pictures)
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Beauty and the Beast (re-release)
August 16, 2002
Jean Cocteau's 1946 classic, newly restored to its original glorious black and white splendor. (Film Forum)
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All My Loved Ones
August 14, 2002
The heartbreaking story of a Jewish family living in Nazi-era Czechoslovakia.
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I'm Going Home
August 14, 2002
The story of an aging French actor who - after learning his family has been killed in an accident - still carries on with his career, enjoys his morning espresso and newspaper, appreciates the endless beauty that is Paris, and takes a stand against the philistinism that plagues his professional life. [Film Forum]
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The City of Lost Souls
August 9, 2002
A violet thriller set in Japan from splatter director Takashi Miike.
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Blood Work
August 9, 2002
A retired FBI profiler is brought back into service under unusual circumstances involving his own blood analysis to track a ruthless serial killer. (Warner Bros.)
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24 Hour Party People
August 9, 2002
Spanning from the late 1970's to the early 1990's, this is the story of the Manchester music scene, as seen by the founders of the legendary Factory Records label.
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Scarlet Diva
August 9, 2002
The debut feature of Asia Argento, daughter of famed horror director Dario Argento, this film follows Anna Battista (Argento), a celebrated and debauched actress, through her breakneck adventures.
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The Good Girl
August 7, 2002
A frustrated young woman (Jennifer Aniston) begins an affair with a young co-worker (Jake Gyllenhaal) who represents a chance for her to escape into a new world of emotional and sexual awakening. But when the affair quickly moves from liberation to poisonous obsession, she finds herself ensnared in a chaotic web of blackmail, larceny and love. [Fox Searchlight]
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Caravaggio
August 7, 2002
Derek Jarman's 1986 film reveals the seventeenth-century painter's complex life?his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and flirtations with the underworld?while also delving into Jarman's major concerns: violence, history, homosexuality, and the relationship between film and painting. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)
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Signs
August 2, 2002
Everything that farmer Graham Hess (Gibson) assumed about the world is changed when he discovers a message - an intricate pattern of circles and lines - carved into his crops. (Touchstone Pictures)
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One Last Kiss
August 2, 2002
Carlo's life is thrown into a tailspin when his longtime girlfriend Giulia announces she's pregnant.
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Merci Pour Le Chocolat
July 31, 2002
A mystery thriller set on the lakeside of Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Lan Yu
July 26, 2002
Adapted from the internet novel "Beijing Story," this is the story of a young gay student and his relationship with an older man set against the uprising of Tiananmen Square. [Strand Releasing]
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Swimming
July 26, 2002
An intimate look at friendship, love and breaking away, set amidst the backdrop of a bustling beach town. (Oceanside Pictures)
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Happy Times
July 26, 2002
A bittersweet comedy about a poor, aging bachelor who hasn't had luck in love. When he thinks he meets the woman of his dreams, he leads her to believe he is wealthy and agrees to a wedding far beyond his means. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Tadpole
July 19, 2002
A romantic comedy about a precocious young man who falls for an older woman.
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K-19: The Widowmaker
July 19, 2002
Inspired by a true story, the film follows the heroism of Captain Alexei Vostrikov (Ford) who, at the height of the Cold War, is ordered to take command of the nuclear missile submarine K-19 away from its original commander Captain Mikhail Polenin (Neeson). Vostrikov's mission is to quickly ready the ill-prepared sub for her maiden voyage -- no matter what the cost. (Paramount Pictures)
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What to Do in Case of Fire
July 19, 2002
Tells the humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Berlin during its heyday in the 80s.
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Road to Perdition
July 12, 2002
A portrayal of two families whose fates are determined by the complex and often combative relationships between fathers and their sons. (DreamWorks Pictures)
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Tosca
July 12, 2002
One of Giacomo Puccini's greatest operas has been magically transposed to film in this stirring and wonderfully performed production featuring Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna as the star-crossed lovers. (Avatar Films)
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All About Lily Chou-Chou
July 12, 2002
An epic story of a Japanese teenager's life in the age of the Internet.
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Metropolis (re-release)
July 12, 2002
Possibly the crowning achievement of silent cinema, Fritz Lang's 1927 blockbuster fuses the frenetic storytelling of twenties pulp fiction with Lang's personal fascination with the darker side of human nature. (Kino International)
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My Wife Is an Actress
July 12, 2002
A screwball romantic comedy about a successful sports writer married to a popular movie star with whom he's madly in love. The problem is everyone in Paris seems to be in love with her too. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Sex and Lucia
July 12, 2002
Lucia is a young waitress in Madrid. After the loss of her long-time boyfriend, a writer, she seeks refuge on a quiet, secluded Mediterranean island, where she begins to discover the dark corners of her past relationship. (Palm Pictures)
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Read My Lips
July 5, 2002
This French thriller is an absorbing character study of two lonely outsiders (a deaf secretary and an ex-con), who gradually recognize their mutual dependency.
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Rocco and His Brothers (re-release)
July 5, 2002
A re-release of Luchino Visconti's 1960 epic of a poor family torn apart by lust and greed.
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Group
July 5, 2002
Nine women meet every Wednesday afternoon for 21 weeks of group therapy in this entirely original, ultra modern probe into the American psyche. (Artistic License Films)
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Tattoo Bar
July 5, 2002
Tatawo, a meeting point for some very different and colorful characters, is a combination bar and tattooing salon located in the old quarter of Barcelona.
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Me Without You
July 5, 2002
Spanning the 1970's and 1980's, this is the story of two best friends (Williams, Friel) living in the suburbs of London.
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Songs from the Second Floor
July 3, 2002
Composed of a series of immaculately staged tableaux, Songs From the Second Floor is a stylized black comedy-turned-nightmare. [Film Forum]
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The Powerpuff Girls
July 3, 2002
Based on the hit Cartoon Network series, this feature film adaptation tells the story of how Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup obtain their unique powers, become superheroes and join forces to foil evil mutant monkey Mojo Jojo's plan to take over the world.
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Lovely & Amazing
June 28, 2002
This finely observed comedy is an intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. (Lions Gate)
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Harvard Man
June 28, 2002
Alan (Grenier) is a Harvard student indulging in all of life's more interesting vices - illicit sex, drugs and high-stakes gambling, with a little Heidegger thrown in for good measure. (Cowboy Pictures)
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Pumpkin
June 28, 2002
A satirical comedy about a college sorority girl (Ricci) who finds herself drawn into a relationship with a young disabled man (Harris).
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3 Women
June 28, 2002
This re-release of Robert Altman's 1977 drama stars Spacek as a shy, quiet girl named Pinky who starts working in a nursing home and strikes up a friendship with the talkative Millie (Duvall).
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Money Buys Happiness
June 26, 2002
Part absurdist comedy, part realist character study, this film chronicles an intertwined odyssey - the dance of two lovers growing in different directions, each at a different pace, and their attempts to rediscover each other. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)
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Juwanna Mann
June 21, 2002
The story of a professional basketball player who blows his career but gets a chance to bounce back by trading his jock strap for a sports bra. (Warner Bros.)
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Sunshine State
June 21, 2002
The story of two women attempting to reconcile with their families and the changing landscape of their small Florida town due to country club resort developers.
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