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Lost Dinosaurs, TheLost Dinosaurs, The (2002)
Dir. Bryan Bruce
The true story of Joan Wiffen who in 1975 discovered dinosaur bones in the remote Mangahuanga Stream (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand). Returning to the…
Lost in La ManchaLost in La Mancha (2002) Recommended
Dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Feat. Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Jean Rochefort
A cautionary fable of filmmaking in the mould of HEARTS OF DARKNESS, concerning director Terry Gilliam’s (BRAZIL) attempt to film a version of…
Lost World, The (TV Mini-series)Lost World, The (TV Mini-series) (2002) Recommended
Dir. Stuart Orme
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Peter Falk, James Fox
Sterling BBC adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s adventure novel, where an intrepid bunch of Victorians explore the Amazon jungle for dinosaurs…
Love LizaLove Liza (2002) Recommended
Dir. Todd Louiso
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates
Freshly widowed after his wife’s suicide, Phillip Seymour Hoffman staggers through and downward in an endearingly wacky yet affecting portrait of…
Madame SataMadame Sata (2002)
Dir. Karim Ainouz
Feat. Lazaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Felippe Marques
The underbelly of 1930s Rio de Janeiro glistens in this atmospheric drama about the celebrated João Francisco dos Santos (Ramos), a flamboyant gay…
Magdalene Sisters, TheMagdalene Sisters, The (2002) Recommended
Dir. Peter Mullan
Devastatingly sober and straight–forward account of three young women who in 1965 were incarcerated in an Irish Roman Catholic centre for…
Maid in ManhattanMaid in Manhattan (2002)
Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins
A middling contemporary ‘Cinderella’ romance, based around the dubious onscreen chemistry of Ralph Fiennes and J–Lo. When…
Making VenusMaking Venus (2002)
Dir. Gary Doust
A filmmaking 'horror story' which recounts the saga of Australian indie feature "The Venus Factory", from optimistic inception in 1997 to bedraggled…
MalefiqueMalefique (2002) Recommended
Dir. Eric Valette
Feat. Gérald Laroche, Philippe Laudenbach, Clovis Cornillac
Imaginative, atmospheric low–budget French horror, set around the discovery of a dusty book of supernatural spells by four convicts in their…
Man Without a Past, TheMan Without a Past, The (2002) Recommended
Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen
Another understated, double–take comedy from Finnish dir. Kaurismaki, making perhaps his most cleverly balanced work yet. An itinerant…

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