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Subgenre Sampler

 
3000 Miles to Graceland3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Dir. Demian Lichenstein
Feat. Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Christian Slater
Kevin Costner snarls as the leader of a gang of bank–robbers whose gimmick is to dress as Elvis impersonators. Long on music–video…
8 Women8 Women (8 Femmes) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart
In the classic whodunnit mould, this whimsical French "thriller" starts with a man’s dead body in a snowbound Alpine manse in the 1950s, and eight…
Anti-TrustAnti-Trust (2001)
Dir. Peter Howitt
Feat. Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook
Dot.com billlionaire Tim Robbins (modelled on Bill Gates) tries to buy the soul of computer whizz Ryan Phillippe in this competent hacker thriller,…
BanditsBandits (2001)
Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett
Genuine wit is visited upon this comedy–drama built around the unlikely character alliance of successful bank–robbers Bruce Willis and…
Bank, TheBank, The (2001) Recommended
Dir. Robert Connolly
Feat. David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia
When computer geek David Wenham presents a system that can predict stockmarket fluctuations to avaricious banking chief Anthony LaPaglia, the scene…
BlowBlow (2001) Recommended
Dir. Ted Demme
Feat. Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta
‘Cocaine biopic’ of Pablo Escobar’s American partner, George Jung (Johnny Depp), who graduated from low–level…
Buffalo SoldiersBuffalo Soldiers (2001)
Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris
Broadly subversive drama set among the bored US Army Corp guarding West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Chiefly tracks…
Bunker, TheBunker, The (2001)
Dir. Rob Green
Feat. Jason Flemyng
Unpretentious and mostly effective horror, unusually set around a Nazi platoon during WW2, who are retreating across the Ardennes in 1944. Taking…
Chain of FoolsChain of Fools (2001)
Dir. Traktor
Feat. Salma Hayek, Steve Zahn, Jeff Goldblum
Comic–thriller concerning a stash of stolen gold, notable more for a great cast than for comic thrills, though it has its admirers.
Comic Book VillainsComic Book Villains (2001)
Dir. James Dale Robinson
Feat. Natasha Lyonne
A comic thriller set in the 'pocket world' of comic–book fans and store owners. Gathers some good black comedy and in–jokes on its fairly…

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