Subgenre Sampler
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Baran (2001)
- Dir. Majid Majidi
- Patiently rewarding, bittersweet drama in which a young Afghan woman disguises herself as a man in order to assume her injured father's construction…
Barbra Streisand - Timeless (2001)
- Feat. Barbra Streisand
- Complete version of Barbra Streisand's farewell "Timeless" concerts recorded at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas at the turn of the millennium. The…
Bat Thumb (2001)
- Dir. David Bourla
- Further thumb puppetry from writer Steve Oedekerk, this time spoofing the BATMAN franchise, in the parallel universe of 'Gaaathumb City'. Here, Wuse…
Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris
- This ‘true story’ of mental illness in academia is the kind of earnest gloss that’s tailor made for the ‘Academy’, but its Oscar glory for…
Beckett on Film (Waiting for Godot, et al.) (2001)
- Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Neil Jordan, Kieron J Walsh
Feat. Julianne Moore, David Kelly, Jeremy Irons…
- An ambitious anthology of Samuel Beckett's nineteen stageplays, filmed here creatively by a roster of prestige actors and directors.
Disc…
Bee Gees - The Official Story (2001)
- Released as a tie–in with the 2001 Greatest Hits this collection sweetly summarizes the Gibb brothers extraordinary career, plenty of home…
Before You Go (2001)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Julie Walters, Tom Wilkinson, Joanne Whalley…
- A lightly melancholic comedy, in which three sisters settle scores at their mother’s funeral.
The talents of the sparky threesome –…
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
- Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman
- Beyond–credibility gungho actioner which has fighter–pilot Owen Wilson shot down over Bosnia because he’s witnessed a Serb…
Behind the Sun (2001)
- Dir. Walter Salles
Feat. Jose Dumont
- Worthy followup to CENTRAL STATION by dir. Salles, again accessing the underlayers of Brazil in a melodrama set in the dusty hinterlands of 1910. …
Being Eve (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Fleur Saville
- Spunky, good–natured Kiwi comedy essays the angsty teenage years of girl philosopher Eve Baxter, whose unconventional outlook on life is…