Movie Releases by Genre
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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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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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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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Amy's Orgasm
August 23, 2002
The comic story of how Amy (Davis), an Ivy League-educated self-help author, who espouses the virtues of celibacy and falls for a vulgar, womanizing DJ (Chinlund).
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Serving Sara
August 23, 2002
When Sara (Hurley) is served divorce papers while vacationing in New York, she concocts a scheme with her process server (Perry) that sets them off on a wild cross-country trip.
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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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Katakuri-ke no kôfuku
August 15, 2002
A family is aghast when guests at their peaceful mountain inn keep dying. To keep bad word of mouth from spreading, they chop up and bury the guests.
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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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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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Full Frontal
August 2, 2002
A movie about movies for people who love movies. (Miramax)
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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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Tadpole
July 19, 2002
A romantic comedy about a precocious young man who falls for an older woman.
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Never Again
July 12, 2002
This romantic comedy takes a ribald yet compassionate look at two lovelorn fifty-something New Yorkers. (USA Films)
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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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Mr. Deeds
June 28, 2002
In this homage to the 1936 Frank Capra classic "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," Adam Sandler plays Mr. Deeds, a young man from the small town of Mandrake Falls, NH who inherits controlling interest in a massive media corporation from his deceased uncle.
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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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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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Kiss Me, Stupid (re-release)
June 21, 2002
A re-release of Billy Wilder's 1964 comedy set in Climax, Nevada.
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Windtalkers
June 14, 2002
In 1942, several hundred Navajo Americans were recruited as Marines and trained to use their language as code. In John Woo's Windtalkers, Marine Joe Enders (Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Beach) -- a Navajo Code Talker, the Marines' new secret weapon. (MGM)
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The Emperor's New Clothes
June 14, 2002
An original tale about Napoleon's last great adventure -- and the adventures of the lowly impostor who assumed his identity in a grand conspiracy to outwit the world. (Paramount Classics)
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Virgil Bliss
June 12, 2002
Virgil Bliss is a man obsessed with living a normal life, finding a good job, marrying a decent woman, and building a family of his own. The only problem, however, is that Virgil is a recently paroled career thief with a hair-trigger temper and the social skills of a child. (P-Kino Films)
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The Next Big Thing
May 29, 2002
Sometimes the only way to make it is to fake it. That's what failed painter Gus Bishop discovers when a fast-talking thief makes off with one of his works and makes up a story the art world can't resist.
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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
May 24, 2002
The animated adventures of a wild and rambunctious mustang stallion as he journeys through the untamed American frontier. (DreamWorks)
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The Importance of Being Earnest
May 22, 2002
A film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's hilarious play about two young gents living in 1890's England who have taken to bending the truth in order to put some excitement into their lives. (Miramax)
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About a Boy
May 17, 2002
About a Boy is about a man (Grant) -- a handsome, rich, shallow, self-absorbed, irresistible cad -- and the unexpected relationship he develops with a boy he meets while trying to pick up another boy's mother. (Universal Pictures)
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Late Marriage
May 17, 2002
Set within the Georgian émigré community of Tel Aviv, Late Marriage is a sexy and biting comedy of manners that investigates what happens when human beings get stuck between the rock of true love and the hard place of family tradition. (Magnolia Pictures)
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The Lady and the Duke
May 10, 2002
The true story of an aristocratic young Scottish woman, Mrs. Grace Elliot (Lucy Russell), trapped in Paris during the French Revolution.
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Unfaithful
May 10, 2002
An erotic thriller about the body language of guilt, centering on a couple living in the New York City suburbs whose marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling. (20th Century Fox)
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
May 8, 2002
The year is 1893 when Britain's Queen Victoria was the unsympathetic ruler of India. This is an inspiring story of a battle without bloodshed fought by a group of unlikely heroes. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Hollywood Ending
May 3, 2002
Allen stars as Val Waxman, a two time Oscar winner turned wash-up, neurotic director in desperate need of a comeback. (DreamWorks)
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Fleeing by Night
May 3, 2002
Charts the stormy love triangle in a small Chinese town when a legendary opera singer comes to perform. (Strand Releasing)
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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
May 3, 2002
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
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Rain
April 26, 2002
A chronicle of the sexual and moral awakening of a thirteen-year-old girl as her family disintegrates around her.
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Life or Something Like It
April 26, 2002
What's the most important thing in life? Is it love or is it your career? Is it work or is it your family? Lanie Kerrigan (Jolie) must ponder these questions after a street savant tells her that she will die in seven days. (20th Century Fox)
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The Scorpion King
April 19, 2002
Inspired by the legendary Egyptian warrior this prequel to the opening sequence of The Mummy Returns is set 5,000 years ago in the notorious city of Gomorrah.
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding
April 19, 2002
A romantic comedy based on the one-woman show written by and starring "Second City" alumna Nia Vardalos.
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Enigma
April 19, 2002
A romantic thriller steeped in the tense atmosphere of wartime Britain, this suspenseful drama centers on the mysteries of WWII cryptography while telling a tale of love, patriotism, obsession and betrayal. (Manhattan Pictures)
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The Triumph of Love
April 17, 2002
In a sun-drenched Italian villa where the madness of love has long been forbidden, one woman's passion is about to upend reason, bend genders and take every heart in the house prisoner. (Paramount Classics)
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The Sweetest Thing
April 12, 2002
A romantic comedy without the sugar, The Sweetest Thing is a fresh twist on the search for love. (Columbia Pictures)
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Karmen Gei
April 10, 2002
This gorgeous, sexy, exotically conceived reinterpretation of Georges Bizet's classic opera is set in modern-day Dakar, on the coast of West Africa. (Film Forum)
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Lucky Break
April 5, 2002
A comedy about a prison escape with a musical twist. (Paramount Pictures)
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Les Destinées
April 5, 2002
Based on the novel by Jacques Chardonne, this epic drama takes place in France from 1900 to the '30s.
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30 Years to Life
April 5, 2002
An ensemble comedy that follows the lives of six friends in New York City during the year in which they each reach their 30th birthday.
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Van Wilder
April 5, 2002
A hilarious coming-of-age story about the burden of facing real life...and the freedom that comes from not taking it too seriously. (Artisan Entertainment)
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Crush
April 3, 2002
A sharply observed ode to the triumphs and tragedies of women and the men that accessorize them. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Son of the Bride
March 22, 2002
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere (Darín) is having a crisis. He's overwhelmed by his numerous responsibilities and just isn't having any fun. But when his father makes the decision to fulfill his mother's dream of getting married in a church, it gives Rafael a task to focus on, stirring him to action, and bringing the family together to create a new memory they can share. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Lola
March 22, 2002
A re-release of a 1961 Jacques Demy drama exploring the convoluted affections of a drifter for his newly rediscovered first love, cabaret dancer Lola.
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Harrison's Flowers
March 15, 2002
Sarah (MacDowell) embarks on a perilous journey to find Harrison (Strathairn), her husband, colleague and father of their two children, when the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist is missing on an assignment in a country far, far from home. (Universal Focus)
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Borstal Boy
March 1, 2002
An Irish film based on the memoirs of noted author and raconteur Brendan Behan. (Strand Releasing)
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Esther Kahn
March 1, 2002
Set in London at the close of the 19th century, the film tells the story of Esther Kahn (Summer Phoenix), an introverted working class Jewish girl who has trouble fitting in with the rest of her East End family. [Empire Pictures]
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Pépé le Moko (re-release)
March 1, 2002
A re-release of Julien Divivier's 1937 romantic crime classic.
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40 Days and 40 Nights
March 1, 2002
After his latest relationship disaster, Matt, a guy who's never been able to finish anything, decides to go where no man's gone before and make a vow: No sex. Whatsoever. For 40 straight days. (Miramax)
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Drift
February 22, 2002
A story about a gay romantic triangle.
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Dragonfly
February 22, 2002
A supernatural drama about a doctor who believes his dead wife is communicating with him from the other side.
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Monsoon Wedding
February 22, 2002
This exuberant ensemble comedy links the stories of far-flung family members, their servants and secret lovers as a Punjabi family in Delhi reunites for their daughter's wedding. (USA Films)
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Crossroads
February 15, 2002
The story of three childhood friends, Lucy (Britney Spears), Kit (Zoe Saldana) and Mimi (Taryn Manning), who, after eight years apart, rediscover their friendship on a cross-country trip. [Paramount Pictures]
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The Last Man
February 15, 2002
A comedy about the last three people on Earth and their terrible relationship problems. (Id Films)
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Swiri
February 8, 2002
Spies from North and South Korea are pitted against each other amid the backdrop of reunification plans.
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Birthday Girl
February 1, 2002
A thriller about a mild-mannered banker (Chaplin) who takes a chance on a Russian mail-order bride (Kidman) arranged via the internet. (Miramax Films)
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Slackers
February 1, 2002
When geeky Ethan (Schwartzman) finds out that three college students are running a scam that gets them perfect grades without doing any homework, he blackmails one of them into helping him win the heart of Angela (King), the most popular girl on campus. (Sony)
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The Count of Monte Cristo
January 25, 2002
Alexandre Dumas's classic story of an innocent man wrongly but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy for revenge against those who betrayed him. (Touchstone Pictures)
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Metropolis
January 25, 2002
This Japanese anime, set in the future, depicts a grand city-state populated by humans and robots, the cohabitants of a strictly segmented society. (Sony)
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Escaflowne: The Movie
January 25, 2002
Escaflowne follows Hitomi, a Japanese high school girl, who escapes her reverie of depression on Earth by traveling to the alternate world of Gaia. There, she meets Van, an enigmatic young King, who will determine the fate of countries with a mystical dragon armor named Escaflowne. [Bandai Entertainment]
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A Walk to Remember
January 25, 2002
Set in the lowlands of North Carolina, this story follows the rite of passage of a jaded, aimless high school senior (West) as he falls in love with a guileless young woman (Moore) he and his friends once scorned. (Warner Brothers)
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American Adobo
January 23, 2002
In New York City, over the course of one year, five Filipino-American friends share dinners, experiences, friendship, and romance.
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Italian for Beginners
January 18, 2002
Follows the stories of six insecure singles whose lives interweave one dreary Copenhagen winter. (Miramax Films)
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What Time Is It Over There?
January 11, 2002
A young Taipei watch vendor (Lee) falls in love with a girl (Chen) just as she leaves to go to Paris, inspiring him to set all the clocks in the city to French time.
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Charlotte Gray
December 28, 2001
Set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II, Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman (Blanchett) working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. (Warner Bros.)
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Dark Blue World
December 28, 2001
An epic romantic drama about two Czech pilots, serving together in the U.K.'s Royal Air Force during World War II, who fall in love with the same woman.
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Monster's Ball
December 26, 2001
A hard-hitting Southern drama tempered by a story of powerful, life-changing love. It is the story of Hank (Thornton), an embittered prison guard working on Death Row in rural Georgia. He begins an unlikely but emotionally charged affair with Leticia (Berry), the wife of a man he has just executed. (Lions Gate Films)
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The Shipping News
December 25, 2001
Based on E. Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, the story traces one man's extraordinary journey to self-discovery when he returns to his ancestral home on the coast of Newfoundland. (Miramax Films)
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The Majestic
December 21, 2001
Set against the backdrop of the 1950's Hollywood blacklist, a young, ambitious screenwriter (Carrey) loses his job and his identity, only to find new courage, love and the power of conviction in the heart of a small town's life. (Warner Brothers)
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Kate & Leopold
December 21, 2001
The story of two strangers in New York City, separated by a hundred years. When they meet, a century's worth of differences come crashing together. (Miramax Films)
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A Song for Martin
December 21, 2001
An intense account of the effect of Alzheimer's disease on a couple's love affair.
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Joe Somebody
December 19, 2001
Joe (Allen) is a divorced corporate drone whose dead-end personal and professional lives begin to turn around after the office bully humiliates Joe in front of his daughter.
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Iris
December 14, 2001
The true story of the romance between novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch (Dench, Winslet) and John Bayley (Broadbent), from their meeting at Oxford, through over 40 years, including Murdoch's fight with Alzheimer's Disease.
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Vanilla Sky
December 14, 2001
Snowboarding through life, David Aames (Cruise) appears to lead a charmed life. In one night David meets a girl of his dreams and loses her by making a small mistake. Thrust unexpectedly onto a roller-coaster ride of romance, comedy, suspicion, love, sex and dreams, David finds himself on a mind-bending search for his soul and discovers the precious, ephemeral nature of true love. (Paramount Pictures)
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In July
December 7, 2001
A romantic road film, the story focuses on Daniel, a shy and naive physics teacher trying to get from Hamburg to Istanbul in 7 days in order to meet Melek, a woman he's fallen in love with. His wild odyssey is shared by Juli, a young woman hungry for life who predicts Daniel will soon find his one true love. On his way East, Daniel discovers a new self and learns to truly fight for his happiness. (Film Philos)
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Princesa
December 7, 2001
The odyssey of Fernanda, a nineteen-year-old Brazilian transvestite, who arrives in Milan in search of the perfect man.
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Tuvalu
December 7, 2001
A black and white "silent" comedy told only with images and international dialogue.
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Eban and Charley
December 7, 2001
In this honest portrayal of an intergenerational gay relationship, two men must decide whether to continue their relationship or risk their families' - and society's - condemnation.
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Baran
December 7, 2001
Baran is the story of Afghan refugees told through the eyes of an Iranian teenage boy named Lateef. His devotion to a person he barely knows leads him to the choice that will change his life forever. (Miramax Films)
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Segunda piel
December 7, 2001
Deals with the theme of a closeted gay man who is married, but falls in love with another man and out of the closet.
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Bay of Angels
November 30, 2001
The re-release of Jacques Demy's 1963 film starring Jeanne Moreau and Claude Mann as a pair of gambling lovers.
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Bangkok Dangerous
November 23, 2001
The story of a deaf-mute Bangkok assassin who seeks redemption in the love of an innocent young woman.
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Sidewalks of New York
November 21, 2001
Traces the intimate lives of six New Yorkers, all from different walks of life and locations New York, struggling to find love and happiness in the big city. (Ed Burns Films)
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The Fluffer
November 16, 2001
The sex industry provides the backdrop for this story of obsession, submission, money and sexuality. (First Run Features)
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Maze
November 9, 2001
Lyle Maze, a sensitive and charming sculptor with Tourette Syndrome, falls in love with Callie, his best friend Mike's pregnant girlfriend while Mike is working in Africa. Upon Mike's return seven months later, all three must resolve complex issues of loyalty and responsibility in this uncommon love story. (Regent Entertainment)
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Shallow Hal
November 9, 2001
Hal Larsen is the ultimate shallow guy. He finds beauty only in supermodels and centerfolds. But after an impromptu hypnosis by self-help guru Tony Robbins, Hal's view of women makes a 180-degree turn; he now sees their true inner beauty. (Twentieth Century Fox)
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Amélie
November 2, 2001
Amélie, a young waitress in a tiny Parisian café, discovers an old box of childhood treasures hidden beneath her apartment floorboards which leads her on an odyssey to transform the lives of her neighbors, and perhaps even her own.
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Punks
November 2, 2001
This rhythm-and-blues-driven romantic comedy is the story of four close-knit friends trying to find that mythical relationship that will make finally make things right. But if you think that sounds familiar, think again, because Punks is the first-ever comic love story set amidst the world of African-American gay men. (Urbanworld Films)
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Better Than Sex
October 26, 2001
The story of a one-night stand that goes wrong for all the right reason. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
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Life as a House
October 26, 2001
The poignant, often humorous journey of one man who decides to tear down his house -- and winds up rebuilding the world around him. (New Line Cinema)
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