Subgenre Sampler
Smashing Machine, The (The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr) (2002)
- Dir. John Hyams
- Intense and strangely moving look at the life of Mark Kerr, the most successful and celebrated combatant in the (now banned) Ultimate Fighting…
So Close (Chik yeung tin sai) (2002)- Dir. Corey Yuen
Feat. Shu Qi, Karen Mok, Vicki Zhao - Presenting... a heroic trio of femmes for a new generation – a kind of high–octane "Asian Charlie's Angels". This super–flash…
Solaris (2002)- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies… - Revisiting Tarkovsky’s 1972 sci–fi epic, dir. Soderburgh sustains comparisons with a thoughtful, stately reprise of its mysterious story…
Son, The (2002)
- Dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Feat. Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart - Finding the perfect subject for their pared down visual aesthetic, the Bros. Dardenne follow up the Cannes–winning ROSETTA with an ostensibly…
Sonny (2002)- Dir. Nicolas Cage
Feat. James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton… - Brave directorial debut for Nicolas Cage, proffering the tale of a dischargee from the army (Franco) who has been handraised as a gigolo by his…
Spanish Apartment, The (L'Auberge Espagnole AKA Pot Luck) (2002)- Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Feat. Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Judith Godreche… - Summery comedy set in a Barcelona apartment, where six international exchange students variously mingle, cavort and fall messily in love. Although…
Spider (2002)- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne… - One to relish for those with a taste acquired for the stark, uncompromising visions of David Cronenberg (CRASH, NAKED LUNCH, etc.), this is both…
Spider-Man (Spiderman) (2002)- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe… - New–improved re–spinning of the Marvel comic book superhero that finds a perfect match of material and director, and the crucially…
Spirit - Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)- Dir. Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook
Feat. Matt Damon, Daniel Studi - Spirit, a wild mustang, sets out across 19th century America in this animation from Dreamworks. A not particularly spirited effort though, despite a…
Spirited Away (2002)- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Feat. Miyu Hiragi, Miyu Irino - Animation visionary Hayao Miyazaki gets to fully unlock his boundless imagination through the otherworldly adventures of an innocent young girl that…
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