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Aviator, The (2004): Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale…; Top flight cinematic biopic of fascinating 20th century figure, Howard Hughes, told with consummate skill and style by Martin Scorsese, marking a…
Jasmine Women (Mo li hua kai; Blossoming Jasmine; Jasmine Flower) (2004): Dir. Yong Hou
Feat. Joan Chen, Wen Jiang, Zhang Ziyi; Intergenerational Chinese weepie about women who are unlucky in love, set during the 1920s, '50s and '80s, and based on the book by Su Tong (also the…
Trilogy 1: The Weeping Meadow (To Livadi pou dakryzei) (2004): Dir. Theo Angelopoulos; The first part of an intended trilogy of films dealing with 20th century Greece, this monumental epic depicts the travails of a Greek refugee family…
Last Samurai, The (2003): Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, William Atherton…; Swathed in the scenery of New Zealand, this enactment of the Japanese civil wars of the late 19th century is an ambitious, though…
Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (2003): Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen…; Peter Jackson's adaptation of J R R Tolkien's fantasy trilogy of 'Middle Earth' reaches its spectacular climax, drawing the story–threads…
Singing Behind Screens (Cantando dietro i paraventi) (2003): Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Bud Spencer, Davide Dragonetti; Visually opulent Italian epic directed by Ermanno Olmi (THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS) set in coastal China and centred on a plucky widow who takes her…
Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Tian di ying xiong) (2003): Dir. He Ping
Feat. Wen Jiang, Xueqi Wang, Vicki Zhao; A lavish post–CROUCHING TIGER epic derived from a Chinese folktale about an Imperial assassin who is sent forth to the Gobi desert to eliminate…
Devdas (2002): Dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Feat. Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai; The most expensive production in Bollywood history to date is this gorgeously extravagant soap opera based on one of India’s most widely–read…
Gods and Generals (2002): Dir. Ronald F. Maxwell
Feat. Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall…; Prequel to GETTYSBURG, this American Civil War drama follows the career of Confederate general 'Stonewall' Jackson. Filled with the same epic…
Legend of Suriyothai, The (2002): Dir. Chatrichalerm Yukol; A lavish historical epic financed by the royal family of Thailand (and directed by a prince) and centred around two powerful women – a princess…

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